{"id":823,"date":"2021-10-12T18:36:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T15:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/envirolatam\/?p=823"},"modified":"2021-10-12T18:36:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T15:36:52","slug":"navigating-midwifery-waters-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/envirolatam\/2021\/10\/12\/navigating-midwifery-waters-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating Midwifery Waters in Mexico\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

(\u2026) because midwives in this country and around the world\u2026 not only do they look after births and pregnancies but in fact, they do a lot more\u2026 for women\u2019s reproductive and sexual rights.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In the video below, the researcher Georgina S\u00e1nchez-Ram\u00edrez (El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Mexico) and co-author of the newly published book Midwives in Mexico: Situated Politics, Politically Situated<\/em> (2021) highlights the significant contributions made by midwives in defending women\u2019s rights and self-determination in Mexico and elsewhere. In this way, the work of midwives in Mexico, as sustained by the book, transcends the practical prenatal care and birth assistance towards a broader political context.<\/p>\n

For scholars and students in Latin American Studies, the book sharpens the focus on the perspective of situated-ness<\/em>: The ways in which midwives engaged in political activism intersect, cross and challenge societal divisions both in public spheres and in intimate, private spaces. It incites us to inquire: What do we know about the midwives and their located her<\/em>stories in Mexico and Latin America? Who has access to midwifery care and why? Who can become a midwife and how? What kind of political activisms are employed by these empowered women positioned in fragile circumstances?<\/p>\n

Our colleague Dr. Hanna Laako is the co-author of the book, now available at the UEF library repository:\u00a0Midwives in Mexico: Situated Politics, Politically Situated<\/em><\/p>\n