births
Worries of Fipa Women
Superstitious beliefs are deterring some pregnant women in the Rukwa Region of Tanzania from going to health facilities when the time comes to deliver their babies. According to a news story dated December 27, women are ignoring the advice of medical personnel and drinking concoctions of herbal teas to reduce labor pains, sometimes with serious […]
President Obama and a Tristan Baby
The joyful inauguration of President Obama on Tuesday was celebrated by millions, but it was also a special occasion for this website. Peaceful Societies opened for public use four years ago, on January 20, 2005. The website was never intended to have anything to do with contemporary political or social issues, and it just happened […]
Lancaster County Amish: Their Midwives and Home Births
“My wife and neighbors are afraid of what will happen to them if Diane Goslin gets shut down,” said the Amish spokesperson at a Harrisburg rally last Friday in support of a local midwife. Diane Goslin, a lay midwife from near Strasburg in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is faced with a $40,000 fine by the state […]
Blogging a Birth on Tristan da Cunha
Erik and Claire celebrated the birth of their daughter Caitlin Mac Kenzie in the Camogli Hospital of Tristan da Cunha by posting, on January 19th, a couple blog entries with photos of the baby. In such a small community, it would not be surprising for the birth of a baby to be good news, but […]
Tristan Girl Baptized
The birth and baptism of a child could be viewed as completely and absolutely routine—non-news compared to coverage of horrifying wars, corrupt elections, or sports competitions. But from the perspective of one of the most remote societies on earth, where human settlement for nearly 200 years has been very challenging, news of a new member […]
