Ina May Gaskin – Right Livelihood Award

This is kind of a big deal – and something most feminists should be paying attention to.

Ina May Gaskin was just given the Right Livelihood Award for her work in the US as a midwife and an advocate for childbearing women.

Here’s a link

http://www.rightlivelihood.org/inamay_gaskin.html

Oh and her speech is brilliant -you can find the PDF on the link above

If you are concerned about the US maternal mortality rate I’d encourage you to check out her Safe Motherhood Quilt Project –

http://www.rememberthemothers.net/

Women deserve better – we need feminists to join the fight for more childbirth choices, information, and practice!!!!

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