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Doulas de France conventions

Next meeting will take place in Paris, May 8-9-10th. Fees are free for doulas coming from abroad, and we can find you accomodations at parisian people places.
We wish to see many of you !
Program to come very soon, if you wish to offer a workshop feel free to contact us : info@doulas.info

Previous conventions with european doulas :

. 2008, 6th Doulas de France convention : Wise Women’s Tales

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. 2007, 5th Doulas de France convention : La Maternité Autour du Monde

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. 2006, 4th Doulas de France convention : La Naissance, Histoires de Transmissions

Report with pictures (pdf) - Flyer (pdf)

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Doulas of Europe

Doulas of Europe are willing to get together and work to achieve a real organization which could federate national mouvements. Doulas are agent of changes in their countries, to support the parents and the midwives, working to improve maternity services.

Many doulas meet during conferences all over Europe, since several years.
During the Congres in Graz in November 2005 the actual present Doulas gathered during a lunchbreak and got to know each other. It was interesting to see that in different european countries a Doula movement is constantly growing, but that we don’t know about each others activities. Therefore we decided to organize the first official Doula Meeting in Europe prior to the next midwifery today conference, that took place in Bad Wildbad in october 2006. We met again during the 5th French Doulas Convention in May 2007, and in the 6th convention as well in May 2008, to work further towards a European Doulas Organisation with a European Doulas Core Training Course as well as a Publication collecting information on all existing European Doulas Organisations.
The idea is to look at the local situation for Doulas in their country (definition, code of practice, legal issues, training courses etc) ; to come up with a synthesis which combine all things we may have in common and to uses this as a basis to the creation of a European Doulas Organisation.
Last encounter took place in in Midwifery Today conferences in october 2008.

We look forward to work together, european doulas as well as mums and dads, midwives and doctors and all people involve in respected childbirth.

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