Vol. 18 No. 3, May 2005

Index

• Welcome to the ICM Congress in Brisbane!/Bienvenue a Brisbane/Bienvenides a Brisbane.
• The International Day of the Midwife: 'midwives & women: a partnership for health': reports of celebrations of the International Day of the Midwife have arrived from every region, and from midwifery associations both new and longstanding.
• Pakistan: 'midwifery education will get its due place'.
• United Kingdom: 'do it again next year, please!'.
• United States of America: commitment to high quality care.
• Zimbabwe: 'for love of women'.
• The ICM Young Midwifery Leaders programme: advocacy, safe motherhood, 'reclaiming the art': young midwives on this programme say that 'YML has changed our lives'.
• A Book for Midwives.
• Home birth in North America.
• ICM and ICN at the World Health Assembly.
• International Regulation Conference held in Taipei, Taiwan, May 2005.
• New executive director at FIGO.
• White Ribbon Alliance conference: Bali, August 2005.