Joint Call to Action: Protecting Midwives to Sustain Care for Women, Newborns + their Families in the COVID-19 Pandemic
The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) has listened to its Member Associations in all regions, and accounts from the midwives working on the frontlines during this pandemic are harrowing, unveiling an increase in gender discrimination, domestic violence, human rights abuses, the over-medicalisation of birth and fear and misinformation, all culminating in growing distress among women and midwives.
ICM, in partnership with UNFPA, is uniting in solidarity with our global midwifery workforce to launch a call to action for governments, decision makers, donors and health institutions to ensure the protection of midwives, women and newborns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click here to access the full statement, and please circulate widely within your networks.
Show your support for this call to action and sign your signature here.
For media, you can download our release here.