Thursday, 22nd October 2009 @ 9:30am
Date: Thursday, 22 October 2009
09:45 - 16:15
Location:Building 32, Lecture Theatre 1015, Highfield Campus, Southampton
The White Ribbon Alliance and Southampton University have been working together to organise a Student Midwifery conference at the University of Southampton on the 22nd October.
International Midwifery - "Challenges and Opportunities" - will be one of the first conferences of its kind, aiming to raise awareness of the global challenges and opportunities in providing healthcare for mothers and newborns, and to enhance student midwives' awareness of global issues related to maternal, newborn and child health.
The conference will be open to all University of Southampton Midwifery Students, as well as other students of health and the social sciences from both Southampton and further afield. WRA Director (UK) Brigid McConville will present the work of the WRA and will be joined by a number of expert speakers from across the field.
For more information please do not hesitate to contact Maeve on mshearlaw@whiteribbonalliance.org
9am: Registration
9.45am: Welcome
Dr Sue Colley
Director of Employer Engagement and Enterprise
School of Health Sciences
University of Southampton
10am: ‘Global view of maternal health’
Professor Gwyneth Lewis
International Clinical lead for Maternal Health, Director of “Saving Mother’s Lives” for
CMACE and Clinical lead of International Health Research – NPEU Partnerships for
Children, Families and Maternity Department of Health
10.45am: 'ICM: Strengthening Midwifery Globally ~
Campaigning for maternal & newborn health.’
Frances Day Stirk
ICM Vice President
RCM Director of Learning, Research and Practice Development, RCM, London
11.30am Coffee
12pm: ‘The use of multi media in promotion of maternal health’
Nancy Durell McKenna
Founder and Executive Director of SafeHands for Mothers
Award-winning photographer and film-maker.
12.45pm: Lunch
1.45pm: 'Enhancing midwife capacity in fragile states.'
Linda Doull
Director of Health and Policy
MERLIN
2.30pm: ‘Female Genital Mutilation: Current Awareness and Management.’
Dr. Gill Aston
Lecturer/Research Associate, Department of Midwifery, Women & Child Health
Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery
King’s College London
3.15pm: ‘The White Ribbon Alliance: Building a Global Movement.’
Brigid McConville
Director of the WRA (UK)
White Ribbon Alliance
4.00pm: Close of day
