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MANA Mission Statement, revised Spring, 2014
The Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) is a professional midwifery association uniquely positioned to unite and strengthen all midwives through dedication to innovative education, professional development, and recognized autonomous practice.
MANA is committed to enabling transformative research, promoting an evidence-based Midwifery Model of Care, addressing health disparities, and achieving optimal outcomes through normal physiologic birth and healthcare across the lifespan.
Goals of MANA
- To expand communication and support among North American midwives
- To form an identifiable and cohesive organization representing the profession of midwifery on a regional, national, and international basis.
- To promote guidelines for the education of midwives and to assist in the development of midwifery education programs
- To promote research in the field of midwifery as a quality health care option
- To promote and support a woman's right to choose her care provider and place of birth
- To promote public education and midwifery advocacy
If you would like to join MANA or renew your membership today, you may pay using PayPal or fill out and snail mail a pdf. PayPal is a well-known and respected method of making and accepting payments over the internet. Perhaps you already have a PayPal account? If not, you can set up your PayPal account at the same time following the links provided.
The Midwives Alliance is a professional membership organization. We invite you to join MANA as a member now. We welcome all practicing and retired midwives, as well as students and midwifery advocates as valued voices in the organization.
If you joined MANA in the past years using PayPal, you were emailed a username/password. However, our new system uses a different username/password which was emailed to all members June 24. If you did not receive that email, you can click "Forgot your Password," enter the email address your membership is set up with, and it will email you your access. If you are unable to get your access for whatever reason, email our membership chair at membership@mana.org and she will assist.
Midwives Alliance Membership Comes with Benefits
The Midwives Alliance welcomes all midwives as voting members, as well as all student midwives, other healthcare providers, and consumers as supporting members. Each member of the Midwives Alliance can enjoy the valuable benefits listed below. As a member of the Midwives Alliance you are promoting the work that supports midwives, women, and babies around the world. This includes:
- Preserving the art and science of midwifery,
- Advocating for maternity care policy reform
- Supporting and unifying midwives
- Endorsing a woman-centered maternity care model
- Preserving normal birth practices
- Raising public awareness about the midwifery model of care
- Accessing professional development and continuing education
- Participating in data collection and research on midwifery care in the out of hospital setting
- Addressing disparities for women and babies in maternity care
- Increasing the midwifery workforce to meet the 2020 Challenge
- and more!
Members and non-members alike benefit from MANA's multi-level activities, but we need the support of the midwifery community and advocates to make it all happen! Please help us spread the word to midwives in your community and join together as a team to advance the profession of midwifery and health of mothers, babies, families, and communities.
Member Benefits
- Coming soon: our new e-news keeping you current on issues and events
- Weekly Constant Contact e-mails with updates and announcements
- Registration discounts for attending the Midwives Alliance Annual Convention
- Access to state-of-the-art data collection tools for your practice, created by our Division of Research
- Access to the members-only areas of the Midwives Alliance website
- Complimentary fully searchable midwife referral listing on our consumer public education campaign website: www.mothersnaturally.org for members meeting the criteria listed here
- Networking and support with midwives and consumers
- Information, reports, and advocacy for midwifery legislation
- As a special benefit, MANA members receive discounts on professional liability insurance through a private company, The Midwife Plan. Learn more here.
- Participation in the global dialogue on midwifery and maternal child health issues
- Online Marketplace for easy purchase of your favorite MANA items and books
Midwifery Benefits
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Public awareness of midwifery through:
- Social media dialogue and campaigns
- Consumer resources (Mothersnaturally.org)
- Representation at national health care Convention
- Interaction with the Media and proactive media response
- Creation and maintenance of the largest and most sophisticated database of midwife-led birth in the U.S.
- Representation on the Council of the International Confederation of Midwives and at the triennial ICM Congress
- MANA Annual National Convention bringing together all midwives for celebration and education
- National health care policy reform activism and advocacy through participation in the MAMA Campaign and the multi-stakeholder federal Coalition for Quality Maternity Care
- A renewed commitment to diversity and equality in birth outcomes through Social Justice
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Collaboration and networking with Allied Midwifery Organizations:
- Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC)
- International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC)
- North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)
- National Association of Certified Professinal Midwives (NACPM)
- Association of Midwifery Educators (AME)
- Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery (FAM)
- Citizens for Midwifery (CfM)
- Ongoing participation in US MERA workgroup with CNM and CPM education, regulation, and association organizations
- Midwives Alliance essential documents for the profession of midwifery:
