Media Center

The International Confederation of Midwives’ (ICM) Media Centre is a dedicated resource for journalists and partners seeking news, press releases, information, expert comment, and visual material about midwives and midwifery worldwide.

What We Can Provide

Interviews and commentary from ICM leadership and midwifery experts.

Connections with midwives working on the issues you are covering, across all regions.

Access to images of midwives in a wide range of settings and delivering their full scope of practice.
- A selection of royalty-free images is available here, provided that the International Confederation of Midwives is credited as the source.

Background information on midwives, midwifery and sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health.

Contact

The ICM Advocacy and Communications Team is available to respond to media requests. Please contact us with your query at [email protected].

Press Releases

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World faces shortage of nearly one million midwives, global study finds

New global research shows a gap in midwifery care worldwide, warning that persistent shortages threaten women’s health, quality of care, and efforts to reduce deaths.

International Confederation of Midwives and International Rescue Committee Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Maternal and Newborn Health in Crisis Settings

15 January 2026 – The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) have announced a five-year strategic partnership to strengthen the capacity, support, promotion, and advocacy for midwives working to their full scope of practice in humanitarian and fragile settings globally.

One Million More Midwives: Global Petition Calls for Urgent Action

The Hague, 14 October 2025 – ICM, in partnership with the PUSH campaign, today launched One Million More Midwives — a global petition calling on governments and health leaders to grow, support, and sustain the midwifery workforce.

Global health agencies issue new recommendations to help end deaths from postpartum haemorrhage

5 October 2025 – WHO, FIGO, ICM urge better prevention, faster diagnosis and treatment to address world’s leading childbirth complication.

International Confederation of Midwives Responds to Comments on Paracetamol Use in Pregnancy

23 October 2024 -Recent public remarks have raised questions about the safety of paracetamol use during pregnancy. ICM recognises that such comments may understandably worry pregnant women and parents.