Dear Jane,
Please pass my sincere congratulations to Kathy and to
ICM Board members. I wish her all the best in taking
the new challenge!
Stella
--- Jane sandall <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> PRESS RELEASE
> August 15, 2003
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> ICM appoints new Secretary General
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> The Board of Management is happy to announce that it
> has appointed Kathy Herschderfer as the new
> Secretary General for ICM. Ms Herschderfer will take
> up office on December 1st 2003. In the coming
> months, she will gradually get acquainted with the
> position and start taking over functions at ICM
> headquarters.
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>
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> Kathy Herschderfer was born in the United States,
> has extensively travelled the world, speaks several
> languages, including Spanish and French and became a
> midwife in the Netherlands in the early eighties.
> Her most recent position was with the TNO research
> unit for midwifery in Leiden. Since 1999 she has
> co-chaired the ICM Research Standing Committee with
> Jane Sandall, which has lead to the strong growth of
> that committee and the development of the midwifery
> research discussion list and the midwifery research
> expert network.
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> Kathy has dedicated a large part of her life to
> providing good maternal and infant health-care on a
> one-to-one basis as a practising midwife and by
> promoting best practices as a researcher and teacher
> of midwifery. She has experience in running a
> successful independent midwifery practice and in
> co-ordinating large research projects. She has
> developed networks, raised funds and represented the
> profession in both national and international
> settings. As co-chair of the ICM Research Standing
> Committee, she has been involved in the strategic
> development of the organisation and has had the
> opportunity to work on identifying global
> priorities.
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> Her approach to the ICM Global Strategy will be
> grounded on the following A-words:
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> Autonomy - of both women and midwives
>
> Assuring the quality of care
>
> Authority - of the ICM in the field of reproductive
> health
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> Alliances - at many levels and with many different
> agencies to promote the health of women and their
> families.
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> For further information contact ICM headquarters or
> visit the website www.internationalmidwives.org
>
> Dr Jane Sandall
> Professor of Midwifery and Women's Health
> Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery
> King's College, London
> 57 Waterloo Road, London
> SE1 8WA
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 3605
> Fax:+44 (0)20 7848 3506
> e-mail:[log in to unmask]
>
>
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