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The nomination period for the 2026 ICM Board Elections is closing soon! This is your opportunity to join ICM’s Board and play a vital role in shaping the future of midwifery worldwide.

ICM midwife advisors recently joined the Sierra Leone Midwifery Association to launch capacity-building workshops under the Collaborate for Women (C4W) initiative. Over three days, 31 midwives and educators from across the country came together to strengthen skills in family planning and post-abortion care, while centring women’s rights, autonomy, and informed consent.

The RCM in the UK has successfully developed student-focused tools such as e-learning modules, webinars, and events - initiatives that have enhanced both learning and engagement.

The Association des Sages-Femmes d’Haïti ran a mobile clinic in Port-au-Prince to provide essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and adolescent health (SRMNAH) services to displaced and vulnerable women and girls. In a context of insecurity, widespread displacement, and a struggling health system, this initiative helped ensure women had access to vital care.

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.

This Guide provides a step-by-step approach to applying the Professional Framework for Midwifery to strengthen midwifery services, improve the quality of SRMNAH care, and support long-term health system improvements.

Every profession needs a structure to support it, strengthen it and guide its development, that includes all the elements required before an occupation can be considered a profession.

Nic Ferguson reflects on how student midwife leadership, advocacy, and RCM engagement shape a more inclusive, empowered midwifery future.

ICM’s new DIY Twinning Guide empowers Midwives’ Associations to build strong global partnerships and lead transformative, cross-cultural collaboration.