Dr Sally Pezaro
sallypezaro.bsky.social
Dr Sally Pezaro
@sallypezaro.bsky.social
Midwifery Leader | Research | EDI | Reproductive Justice | #hEDS | #FindtheMidwife | views my own | she/her/they
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New posting on #FindTheMidwife! Noelene Jeffers and @d-squared.bsky.social in conversation about the long history of racism and gynecology: www.findthemidwife.com/deirdre-coop...
October 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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New post today on #FindTheMidwife. Midwives under pressure with @sallypezaro.bsky.social and myself! What happened when midwives were pushed by town fathers to interrogate their clients? How did they balance their obligations? www.findthemidwife.com/midwives-und...
October 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Exploring the Experiences of Nurses who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic: An arts-based inquiry: urldefense.com/v3/__https://d…$

Thx to @chinaplate.bsky.social @churchillfship.bsky.social @raynefoundation.bsky.social & Coventry Creates.

A historical capture of nursing for generations to come
September 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Our latest correspondence in @thelancet.com: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

An important conversation to be had.
August 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Calling all #midwives!

Have you registered your place at Wednesday's Nursing Now Challenge #GlobalBookClub?

Join online at 2pm BST on 4th June to discuss the key themes in@sallypezaro.bsky.social 's new book, Surviving & thriving in #midwifery.

Register here: bit.ly/3ZtmFt0
June 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Harvard president receives standing ovation during commencement.
May 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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In Nursing Now Challenge's next #GlobalBookClub, @sallypezaro.bsky.social will be exploring her new book, Surviving and Thriving in #Midwifery.

Join the discussion on 4th June at 2pm (BST).

Book your free place here: bit.ly/3ZtmFt0
May 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
After much hard work our labour of love is born. It was a pleasure to write 'Surviving and Thriving in Midwifery' with Dr Karen Burlison (Maher) …It is the book I would want to gift to my younger midwifery self! www.amazon.co.uk/Surviving-Th...
April 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Excited that the chapter written with Dr John Pendleton critically examining and deconstructing the relationship between gender and the professional title ‘midwife’ is now available. Honoured to be in the company of distinguished academics: lnkd.in/evNaTGQj
April 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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New post on my Substack! 1950s Baltimore policewoman on the city's Abortion Squad. For more, see my book: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/mary-...
March 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Thanks, Women's Hour, for having me on this morning! and I got to ride in an Art Deco Grade II *listed* elevator (or as we'd say here, "lift". Didn't know lifts could be listed!
March 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Thanks Heffers and @sbrooksfranklin.bsky.social for a wonderful conversation last night, delighted to see old friends and meet many students and get great questions! bit.ly/4ibijON
March 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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This is the co-author of the actual paper btw @sallypezaro.bsky.social !!
Given the reality of gender diversity in childbearing… is it time to change midwives’ professional title? 🤔 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
March 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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235 comments on a Daily Mail article completely misrepresenting a research paper, meanwhile the actual # of views on the paper itself has only gone up by 70 since it was published 😃 media literacy? I hardly know her!
March 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Given the reality of gender diversity in childbearing… is it time to change midwives’ professional title? 🤔 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
March 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Really interesting arguments put forward by Sally and John! No doubt there’ll be a significant response - good to critically consider these things! They ask “Is it time to change midwives’ professional title?”
Given the reality of gender diversity in childbearing… is it time to change midwives’ professional title? 🤔 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
March 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Given the reality of gender diversity in childbearing… is it time to change midwives’ professional title? 🤔 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
March 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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I'll be in the UK in a fortnight, honored to be in conversations with @sarahknott.bsky.social and @sbrooksfranklin.bsky.social about my new book!
March 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Looking forward to challenging some heteronormative perspectives on childbirth tomorrow 🎉

Using the work of @sallypezaro.bsky.social @rodantevanderwaal.bsky.social and others
February 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Thanks to @internationalmidwives.org for sharing our latest research via their blog: internationalmidwives.org/midwives-and...

We look forward to this global work making an impact in the world of Midwifery
Midwives and Nurse-Midwives: A Question of Professional Identity  | International Confederation of Midwives
Strengthening midwives' professional identity enhances job satisfaction, reduces burnout, and improves perinatal care, key to recruiting and retaining midwives globally.
internationalmidwives.org
February 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Thanks to @internationalmidwives.org for sharing our latest research via their blog: internationalmidwives.org/midwives-and...

We look forward to this global work making an impact in the world of Midwifery
Midwives and Nurse-Midwives: A Question of Professional Identity  | International Confederation of Midwives
Strengthening midwives' professional identity enhances job satisfaction, reduces burnout, and improves perinatal care, key to recruiting and retaining midwives globally.
internationalmidwives.org
February 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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there goes the sociology of gender..... my specialty. Thank god I do not work at the CDC..... but this cannot stand. Governmental data is vital for education and research.... we must find a way to resist!
February 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Thanks for tuning in Anna - great to connect!

Sounds like you might like this piece co-authored with @sallypezaro.bsky.social @rodantevanderwaal.bsky.social & other great colleagues

doi.org/10.1111/birt...
Gender‐inclusive language in midwifery and perinatal services: A guide and argument for justice
A recent focus in reproductive healthcare on “sexed language” reflects an ideology of unchangeable sex-binary and fear of erasure, from both cisgender women and the profession of midwifery. In this p...
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January 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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2025. A great year to champion reproductive justice & #EDI via the use of gender inclusive language. Read our latest commentary here: doi.org/10.3389/fgwh...
January 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM