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Breaking the bias
International Women’s Day is a day of unique significance to midwives as, besides providing care to women and their families, midwives are defenders of women’s rights and are at the forefront of advocacy work and social change within the fields ...RCM offers advice to pregnant women as new study shows heightened risk to some communities
As a new UK study revealed that 55% of women admitted to hospital with coronavirus were from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched a campaign to offer greater support and advice.
RCM calls for end to migrant women maternity charging over safety fears
The Government must scrap punitive NHS charging of pregnant vulnerable migrant women, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The College goes on to warn that the fear of having to pay for their care is stopping many women engaging with maternity ...Pushing forward to end violence against women
For International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November – and the 16 Days of Activism to follow – we are raising awareness and pushing forward to end domestic abuse and coercive control. It is important for us – all of ...