Aboriginal Midwives

Aboriginal Midwives from all corners of Australia working together to support each other and women ❤
cover photo copyright Valerie AhChee

[ACM @MidwivesACM]

Congratulations to the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne who passed their BFHI Accreditation with flying colours this week! https://t.co/kfhryfeW7j

[Aboriginal Midwives @AboriginalMidw1]

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[Indigenous Midwives for Tomorrow RLIMCF @IMWForTomorrow]

Our Local Matters Jar is featured at @GrilldBurgers Broadway (Sydney) this month. Please remember to place your token in the jar to raise funds for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander midwives ! 🖤💛❤️

Please share and tag away 🤗
Who doesn’t love Grill’d burgers & chips?

[ACM @MidwivesACM]

#BirthingonCountry strong with this mob. Going to miss working w these amazing women, all midwives working to improve care for Aboriginal women across maternity services. @AboriginalMidw1! I rec’d a beautiful card & painting too for Chairing my last meeting 💜💜💜

[CATSINaM @CATSINaM]

We love getting special deliveries in the office, Check these out! #Branded

[CATSINaM @CATSINaM]

Talking about Birthing on Noongar Boodjar project and getting more Indigenous nurses & midwives with Professor Rhonda Marriott, CATSINaM fellow and Pro Vice Chancellor, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership at Murdoch University

[ABC Indigenous @ABCIndigenous]

US Actor Steve Martin loans Indigenous Australian art collection to Gagosian Gallery for NYC exhibition,
tells the ABC he is "completely taken" by the story of the artist Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri.

https://t.co/KkTwT9vxkP via @abcnews

[IndigenousX @IndigenousX]

For those who believe the answer to the issues our mob face is to simply:

1) get over it
2) assimilate
3) get a job/go to school
4) don’t commit crime

Are these really the only options? How about acknowledging your racism & structural privilege because you’re not us?

[Sina Brown-Davis سينا 🔻🇵🇸 🇳🇨 @uriohau]

Im pretty disturbed by some Pakeha on Twitter calling us who spoke at the vigil in Tamakimakaurau last night extremists, this type of racist trolling is beyond poor taste considering the acts of terror committed by white supremacist extremists last week

[June Oscar @June_Oscar]

On National #CloseTheGap Day we are asking our fellow Australians to remove the deficit lens. We want to be seen as the dynamic, resilient & self-determining people that we are.
Later this morning we will be releasing our 2019 @closethegapOZ report 👇🏽

[Indigenous Midwives for Tomorrow RLIMCF @IMWForTomorrow]

Scholarships are now OPEN !!!
#WeAreIndigenousMidwives @AboriginalMidw1

[Sommer Tothill is at Bsky and everywhere but here @sommertothill]

Cool how @yassmin_a can question a problematic aspect of Aussie culture and be run out of the country, but Andrew Bolt can defend a literal paedophile and keep his job. I just think that’s really cool and chill.

[Big Wil Chronicles @bigw_chronicles]

Where is Kerri-Annes demonisation of Mr. Pell for being an actual child abuser? She falsely painted the rest of us black men in a terrible light on National Television!

@joewilliams_tew

[Caroline Homer @CarolineHomer]

Thank you to all our contributors- those on twitter and and many more - here are just some @SandallJane @Humanisingbirth @CathyWarwick8 @SusanCrowtherMW @DebDavis100 @tashfromoz @michellen2901 @AllisonCummins2 @MidwifeMandyf @Declandevine1 @VScarf @RozDFernandez @james_harris

[Lowitja Institute @LowitjaInstitut]

Are you or do you know an outstanding Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander researcher or project team? The @LowitjaInstitut Research Awards recognise leadership & excellence in health research. Nominations are now open - https://t.co/d4H5tWvqsQ

[MSI Australia @MSI_Australia]

If you are in Victoria, you do not need a referral to access abortion up to 24 weeks. If your doctor conscientiously objects to abortion, they need to refer you to a different doctor.
https://t.co/VKbwUyZwXQ

[Where'sMyMidwife -ON @WMM_Ontario]

The latest Where's My Midwife? Daily! https://t.co/CnnpGu9BQ1

[Aboriginal Midwives @AboriginalMidw1]

Yay for menstruation !

[MSI Australia @MSI_Australia]

The decision to allow an emoji that represents menstruation cannot be understated. It is an important step towards acceptance, visibility and easing the stigma that millions of women experience every day.
https://t.co/oduhwAf7WS

[MSI Australia @MSI_Australia]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg said it best: “The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being, and dignity. It is a decision she must make for herself.” #feminism #equality #equalrights #strongwomen #empoweringwomen