The National Federation of Women's Institutes AGM took place on the 30th May in London. Every year the NFWI as a group debate and vote on whether to support a proposed resolution. This year the resolution calls for more midwives to be made available in the UK.
The resolution:
“There are chronic shortages of midwives. The NFWI calls on the Government to increase investment in the training, employment and retention of midwives in England and Wales to ensure services are adequately resourced and are able to deliver a high standard of care” will now become the campaigning focus for over 210,000 WI members across England, Wales and the Islands."
(source: NFWI)
96% of the delegates voted in support of the resolution, making it one of the most popular resolutions in recent years.
Ruth Bond, Chair of the NFWI said “As the main campaigning focus for the year to come, the weight of over 210,000 WI members will be behind our calls for more training, employment and retention to ensure that women and their babies will continue to be supported by midwife services across the UK.”
Here are the speeches made about the resolution - the original proposal and a speech from a representative of the RCM.
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Thursday, 31 May 2012
Monday, 26 March 2012
Violence Against Women & Legal Aid
NFWI (National Federation of Women's Institutes) launches emergency campaign action on International Women’s Day: protect access to legal aid for women who experience domestic violence.
The WI secured a major campaign success earlier this week, when Lords voted through amendments to the legal aid bill that will ensure access to legal aid for victims of domestic violence. However we must keep the pressure up; the amendments will be debated in the Commons later this month, and could be overturned by MPs.
NFWI Chair Ruth Bond is calling on WI members, and members of the public, to urgently write to their MPs asking them to support these vital amendments. Template letters are available to download here; letters must reach MPs by Monday 16 April.
(source: http://www.thewi.org.uk/Index.aspx)
The WI secured a major campaign success earlier this week, when Lords voted through amendments to the legal aid bill that will ensure access to legal aid for victims of domestic violence. However we must keep the pressure up; the amendments will be debated in the Commons later this month, and could be overturned by MPs.
NFWI Chair Ruth Bond is calling on WI members, and members of the public, to urgently write to their MPs asking them to support these vital amendments. Template letters are available to download here; letters must reach MPs by Monday 16 April.
(source: http://www.thewi.org.uk/Index.aspx)
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