Partnering to Advance Perinatal Equity and Justice
Partnering to Advance Perinatal Equity and Justice
Uplifting the sacred traditions of community-based birthworkers, reshaping narratives around maternal, infant and perinatal health, collaborating with bold perinatal organizations, and advocating for thoughtful perinatal policy to advance equitable birth outcomes in California and nationwide.
Public Works Alliance (PWA) joins in the statewide and national efforts to recast birth from a moment of risk into one of renewal and power for those communities most affected by inequities in birth outcomes and the organizations and systems that serve them.
Our Approach
Our Approach
A Worker-Lead Strategy for Perinatal Justice
A Worker-Lead Strategy for Perinatal Justice
PWA’s Birth Equity and Justice Initiatives use Medicaid as a powerful backbone to generate new revenue for birthworkers, improve birth outcomes for those communities facing inequities, and power community-based partnerships to create lasting transformation.
We collaborate with birthworkers, public agencies, health plans, and community-based organizations to ensure safety, dignity and joy are central to the perinatal experience in California and nationwide.
The California Doula
Labor Table White Papers
Building a Just Doula Workforce
Building a Just Doula Workforce
California’s new Medicaid doula benefit offers a powerful opportunity to strengthen care for birthing people, but equitable implementation requires community leadership.
PWA partners with doulas, advocates, and public agencies to co-design strategies that ensure community-based doulas can thrive.
The California Doula Labor Table is a multi-year project, with annual cohorts, that aims to advance initiatives integral to the integrity, expansion, and protection of the state’s burgeoning doula workforce.
PWA partners with doulas, advocates, and public agencies to co-design strategies that ensure community-based doulas can thrive.
The California Doula Labor Table is a multi-year project, with annual cohorts, that aims to advance initiatives integral to the integrity, expansion, and protection of the state’s burgeoning doula workforce.
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