Article: Traditional midwifery or ‘wise women’ models of leadership: Learning from Indigenous cultures
This article explores Indigenous practices of midwifery or ‘wise women’ as crucial domains of leadership over millennia and across cultures. Four principles of midwifery leadership are identified: being a leader who empowers with ‘no one person wiser than the other’; embodying wisdom and ethical practice which nurtures social, cultural and spiritual needs of women; being skilled as well as emotionally attuned; and paying attention and being responsive to emergent change and unfolding present reality rather than being prescriptive.
Chapter Authors: Catherine Chamberlain, Doseena Fergie, Amanda Sinclair, Christine Asmar
Chapter Title: Traditional midwifery or ‘wise women’ models of leadership: Learning from Indigenous cultures
Journal Title: Leadership, Volume 12, Issue 3
First Published: 9th October 2015
Publisher: Sage Journals
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