Julie Morel
Vassar College
Project
Empowerment of Birthing Women and Their Providers
Guatemala, Ghana, Vietnam, Netherlands
During my Watson year, I will learn about the types of caregivers that attend to maternity healthcare and wellness, and how their roles differ during a woman's pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum period. Engaging with midwives, traditional birth attendants, obstetricians, community health workers, community leaders, women's groups, NGOs, government officials, training groups, pregnant women, and mothers I will begin to understand the roles that culture, religion, spirituality, and family play in maternity care practices.