🌟 Investment in Midwives Saves Lives 🌟

Sida supports organizations like UNFPA, World Health Organization (WHO), and ICM to empower midwives and improve maternal health worldwide. Let's ensure every woman has access to safe maternity care.

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🌟 Stay updated! The July issue of our newsletter drops next week with the latest news and insights on midwives and midwifery. Subscribe now to stay in the loop! 📬

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So grateful to share this week of working for midwifery globally with wonderful colleagues❤️ from the International Confederation of Midwives Board. Courage, confidence, leadership, respect.!! #midwives #governace Farida shah Samara Ferrara Lia Brigante New Zealand College of Midwives Tengera Olive

🌍 Calling all midwives!

🤰 Join us and Human Rights Watch in honoring the #IDM2024 theme by sharing your experiences on climate change and health.

Take the survey now to shape advocacy efforts for a healthier, more sustainable future: ow.ly/1hUq50RZ5aF

#MidwivesandClimate

This week, ICM Board Members came together in The Hague for their annual meeting! 🌍
Together they tackled topics like governance, member needs and expectations, regional conferences and more. Exciting times ahead! 🙌

Calling all midwives! Submit your work for the ICM Regional Conference in Berlin by July 3rd.

Join us Nov 7-9, 2024, to advance midwifery under the theme ' #Midwives360 : Associations for a changing world.'

Submit here: ow.ly/UFpm50S8KUB

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Save the Date! 🗓️ Join us on June 25th, 2024 for the Self-Care Trailblazer Group's Fourth Annual Members Summit! A forum to learn, collaborate, and inspire for the future of #SelfCare . Open to all members and non-members.

Register here: tinyurl.com/3pdndmub, stay tuned for more details! 🌍

Call for Papers🚨

Women and Birth seeks papers on midwives' role in climate change, including care during climate disasters, reducing maternal healthcare's carbon footprint, and midwifery education on planetary health.

📅 Deadline: 1 Nov 2024.
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Join ICM as the PUSH Campaign Lead and champion women's health and rights globally!

Develop and implement the 2024-26 Campaign strategy, manage partnerships, and lead impactful advocacy efforts.

📍 The Hague, NL (Hybrid)

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NEW PAPER!

Physiological plateaus during normal labor and birth: A novel definition Dr Marina Weckend et al.

A better understanding of physiological plateaus holds the potential for a de-medicalization of childbirth through preventing unjustified labor augmentation.

🌍 Today is World No Tobacco Day!

🚭 Tobacco harms sexual & reproductive health: reduces fertility, causes pregnancy complications, menstrual issues, erectile dysfunction, & increases cancer risks. Let's advocate for smoke-free lives! 💪

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#Nurses and #Midwives are key deliverers of primary health care, and need continued and increased domestic investment.

I am very grateful to be with such wonderful❤️❤️ colleagues International Confederation of Midwives. Committed, Champions💪 of #midwifery . In the #77thWHA , the evidence shows #midwives are essential to achieve #UHC2030 @SallyPairman Shree Mandke Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE Anna af Ugglas Franka Cadee

🌟 Spotlight on Midwifery Education 🌟

This week, we celebrate the dedication of midwives worldwide and the vital role of education in their profession. Learning never stops for these healthcare heroes, ensuring top-notch care for mothers and newborns. 💪📚

🌍 Calling all midwives!

🤰 Join us and Human Rights Watch in honoring the #IDM2024 theme by sharing your experiences on climate change and health.

Take the survey now to shape advocacy efforts for a healthier, more sustainable future: ow.ly/1hUq50RZ5aF

#MidwivesandClimate

PMNCH’s network of partners to meet our greatest challenge: Securing the health and well-being of women, children and adolescents.PMNCH International Confederation of Midwives FIGO HQ International Pediatric Association Naveen Thacker Prof. Anne Kihara #Partnerships #midwives 🙏💕

'Why attend ICM Conferences?' Because at #ICMRegionals , you'll experience transformative connection! Connect with midwives, learn from lived experiences, and fortify global associations.

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#Midwives360

⬇️ History in the making at #WHA77 ⬇️

Honoured to participate in the meeting with the President of FIGO Profesora Dr. Kihara Anne - Beatrice FIGO HQ 'Strengthening partnerships' #midwives #partnership International Confederation of Midwives @SallyPairman Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE Shree Mandke

Proud moment for ICM at the soft launch of the “Transitioning to Midwifery Models of Care” position paper