Waterloo Region Midwives and many other Ontario Midwives are still unsure where this PPE that Christine Elliott and Ford Foundation speaks of. We are still needing our community and client donations as a main source of our PPE.

Speaking soon Women In Global Health Action lab #COVID5050

Emma Willoughby The podcast is on JAMA Clinical Reviews. It's 16 minutes of utter nonsense that ignores the entire evidence base on racism (including papers published BY JAMA). A JAMA editor repeatedly says structural racism isn't really racism and that the term alienates white people.

Today I’ll be watching @Fordnation challenge the rights of @OntarioMidwives to equal pay for our work. The courts have already ruled (twice!) #midwives shouldn't be underpaid & undervalued because our work is associated with women. #StopFightingMidwivesInCourt! #payequity #onpoli

I am an alumni of the International Confederation of Midwives ' Young Midwife Leaders. They just launched their call out for to the #YML 3.0 programme! Check it out! 📅 Apply before 30 Nov 2022: bit.ly/3HUeuLV

What would it look like to actually #defundthepolice? Halifax community advocates just released the most ambitious blueprint in Canada to divest police budgets and reinvest in community services. Co-author Tari Ajadi says we can “imagine public safety beyond enforcement.”

Midwives keep winning in the fight to close the gender pay gap. The Ontario government has lost a second legal appeal, this time with the highest court in the province. #MidwivesKeepWinning #NoMoreAppeals #CloseTheGap prn.to/3aUnpky

Raise your voices in rage. In solidarity. Be infuriated that anyone believes they can regulate and restrict our bodies. Our choices. We’re here with you in anger. In grief. In the knowledge that we will never stop fighting.

Reproductive justice is a fundamental human right. #AbortionIsHealthcare

I will be standing up for students & families by supporting the CUPE workers picketing my office on Friday from 7:30am-6pm. Join us at 100 Regina Street South. #KWawesome #Waterloo #ONpoli #onted #39KIsNotEnough #IStandWithCUPE #ontedsolidarity cupe.on.ca/dontbeabully/

Bill 124 has just been declared unconstitutional!!

Join the virtual rally to support migrant rights tomorrow, June 14! Hear from migrant leaders and organizations fighting deportation, advocating for regularization and refusing to be exploited. Register for the online assembly: migrantrights.ca/take-action/ju…

So proud of the work of Lao Midwife Fund for being able to sponsor 2 Lao delegates to the International Confederation of Midwives conference in Bali! So much take back and so much more to do for Lao midwifery! ❤️

Stand with Indigenous communities! Help us end forced birth evacuations in Canada. nwmd.social/s/twitter/6A6H…

Across Canada, doctors are being suspended or removed from tasks they’ve performed for years—all for voicing criticism of Israel’s war on Gaza. In a new investigation, Brishti Basu exposes how med schools and hospitals are silencing Palestinian solidarity. breachmedia.ca/abuse-of-power…

Hey #healthcareproviders! We are coming up to one year since healthcare funding put in place during COVID was cut. The Minister of Health, Sylvia Jones, was asked about this on the floor on Mar 20! Now is the time to speak for our newcomers #healthcareforall

Midwives are an essential part of Canada's public health care system. The Canadian Association of Midwives applauds the inclusion of midwives in the Canada Student Loan Forgiveness Program. #cdnpoli #budget2024