Česká ženská lobby 

1. We appeal to Senators (and later on, Deputies) to say a clear NO to the Act on Medical Services currently in negotiation, as it returns the Czech obstetrics system to the communist Normalization times. In Western European countries, midwives are recognized experts on care for healthy pregnant women, women at birth, and women and their children after birth. A physician should only be called for in the event of complications. However, in contradiction to growing demand and available research results, the bill in negotiation contains no definition of the medical services of midwives. Thus, care for the mother and the child is not only less safe, but also noticeably more expensive.

Czech Women's Lobby and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung invite you to the conference Women and Economy organized under the auspices of Vladimír Špidla. The conference will be held on March 17, 2011 from 9.30 AM to 5.00 PM in Academic Conference Centre (Husova 4a, Prague 1).

Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against women from October 2010 alerts that in the Czech Republic persists the lack of special measures improving the situation of women, including such important issues as discrimination in the labour market or domestic violence.