Project Name and Responsible

twin2twin (t2t)
Franka Cadée, project lead, t2t programme developer & researcher for the Royal Dutch Organisation of Midwives (KNOV) and owner of the social enterprise www.twintowin.com. T2t is funded by the KNOV charity www.midwives4mothers.nl www.moedersvoormoeders.nl , and the www.KNOV.nl
​Website : http://midwives4mothers.nl/
Tweeter : @De_KNOV I @midwives4mothers

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Twinning Up North, A journey between midwives from Iceland and the Netherlands.

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​Twin2twin mobile app

Available here on Itunes, English & Français

Available here on GooglePlay, English & Français

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​Twin2twin en Français

Presentation of Twin2twin mobile app at Global Forum, Eindhoven, 20 September 2016, by Franka Cadee.

Twin2win at ICM congress, Toronto, June 2017

Twin2win in Dutch Midwifery Without Borders, January 2017

Project Description

Twin2twin is an innovative & sustainable method for empowering midwives, with a core value of reciprocity. The (t2t) project is designed to provide a support network that empowers and strengthens midwives, individually and organizationally. It is a program that builds the foundation necessary for strong and effective midwife organizations, and hence for accessible and quality midwifery care. Furthermore, the sisterly or ‘twin' relationship created by t2t generates leaders that will sustain the profession. Twinning in midwifery was developed by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) as a way of promoting cooperation on the organizational level. A recent concept Analysis of twinning in healthcare defines twinning as : “A cross cultural reciprocal process where two groups of people work together to achieve joint goals.” (F Cadée et. Al 2015 to be published) The t2t method expands this definition by promoting cooperation on a personal level, between individual midwives.

Project Agreement With The WeObservatory

Along the research conducted since 2009, the study groups in Netherlands and experiences with groups of midwives in Sierra Leone and Morocco, the data collection and analysis, technical and expertise in eHealth and mobile applications is provided in order to support the development of a twin2twin tool kit and mobile application by 2018 for global use.

Planned Activities 2016 - 2017

-    Preparation and publication of the webpage of the project at the WeObservatory website
-    Information of the collaboration at the Blog of the WeObservatory: www.weobservatory.com
-    Identification and selection of the components of the tool kit and mobile application
-    Presentation at International conferences, Women Deliver 2016, Medetel 2016, Global Forum 2016, ICM 2017
-    Preparation of publications

Contacts and Collaborations

ISfTeH – International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth – Working Group on Women - http://wow.isfteh.org/
MEDETEL 2015, Luxembourg, 22 – 24 April 2015 - http://www.medetel.lu/index.php
Global Forum: http://globalforum.items-int.com/#article-about
Women's Leader Forum - http://www.adaorganization.net/

Links & Documents

- http://www.care-challenge.com/en/ideas/save-lives-empower-midwives-through-twin2twin-t2t
 
- http://midwives4mothers.nl
 
- http://midwives4mothers.nl/en/projects/tekstpagina/17/twin2twin-method
 
- WeObservatory: Achievements
 
- Connecting Midwives:http://fr.connectingmidwives.com/web/
 
- Fondation Sanofi Espoir: http://fondation-sanofi-espoir.com/
 
- UniversalWomen : http://www.u-women.com/