Hosted by Alecia Staines, mother-of-five, maternity reform advocate and teacher, "Birth, the forgotten feminist issue" shares research and reflections from fellow lobbyists, birthing women, researchers and health professionals. The intention of this podcast is to change the culture around birth and maternal healthcare, and stir change among women and feminists alike to improve birth for women.
Women share their birth stories, researchers share the evidence, feminists share their insight into how birth was forgotten in the continued liberation of women.
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Hosted by Alecia Staines, mother-of-five, maternity reform advocate and teacher, "Birth, the forgotten feminist issue" shares research and reflections from fellow lobbyists, birthing women, researchers and health professionals. The intention of this podcast is to change the culture around birth and maternal healthcare, and stir change among women and feminists alike to improve birth for women.
Women share their birth stories, researchers share the evidence, feminists share their insight into how birth was forgotten in the continued liberation of women.
Ep. 20 Bruce Teakle - history of maternity lobbying in Australia
Birth: the forgotten feminist issue
34 minutes 11 seconds
4 years ago
Ep. 20 Bruce Teakle - history of maternity lobbying in Australia
Bruce spent 17 years lobbying for maternity improvements. He was involved in the National Maternity Action Plan- a plan involving partnership between consumers and midwives to lobby for change including more access to continuity of midwifery carer in a woman's place of choice. He is a past President of Maternity Coalition- both nationally and in the state of Queensland. Bruce lives at Mount Glorious near Brisbane.
Link to the National Maternity Action Plan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maternity_Action_Plan
and here: https://web.archive.org/web/20070329214948/http://www.birthinternational.com/nmap/index.html
Birth: the forgotten feminist issue
Hosted by Alecia Staines, mother-of-five, maternity reform advocate and teacher, "Birth, the forgotten feminist issue" shares research and reflections from fellow lobbyists, birthing women, researchers and health professionals. The intention of this podcast is to change the culture around birth and maternal healthcare, and stir change among women and feminists alike to improve birth for women.
Women share their birth stories, researchers share the evidence, feminists share their insight into how birth was forgotten in the continued liberation of women.
