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The Santa Barbara Birth Centre blends midwifery care, community connection, and advocacy—proving that with compassion and collaboration, birth can be both personal and powerful, even in times of crisis.

In Uganda, midwives deliver more than babies—they deliver hope, dignity, and survival amid crisis. This is their urgent call for investment, protection, and action—before more lives are lost.

ICM welcomes FNOPO as our newest affiliate member, strengthening global collaboration and advancing midwifery through regulation, advocacy, and partnership.

Midwifery partnerships between Australia and PNG build leadership, strengthen peer support, and improve maternal and newborn health outcomes.

The RCM MidSoc Network connects student midwives across the UK, fostering peer support, professional identity, and national collaboration.

ICM and FIGO have launched C4W ACCT, a joint initiative to strengthen collaboration between midwives and ob-gyns, expanding access to quality family planning and abortion care in five countries.

Midwives save lives in crisis, offering essential care, hope, and dignity to women often forgotten in humanitarian emergencies.

Each year, International Day of the Midwife (IDM) offers the global community an opportunity to reflect on the essential contributions midwives make. This year’s theme, Midwives: Critical in Every Crisis, highlights their vital role when disasters, conflicts and displacement disrupt lives. As health systems break down, midwives often become the only health providers communities can access, safeguarding sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health (SRMNAH). They offer lifesaving services while upholding dignity and protecting rights in the most challenging circumstances. 

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