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Perinatal mental health roundtable at the House of Commons, made possible by @michellewelshmp.bsky.social and Laura Kirke-Smith. We explored how to build the right infrastructure, workforce & education so every woman and family gets the care they deserve.

This work is just getting started ♥️

“Midwifery models of care are not just smart solutions — they are a necessity.” — Anna Ugglas, ICM
WHO’s new guidance puts midwives front and centre in maternity care.
🔗 zurl.co/CC4oE

The new Midwives’ data hub: the International Confederation of Midwives  - Maternity & Midwifery Forum The International Confederation of Midwives have recently launched a new database that points globally to the work of midwives. Dr Jenny Hall, Editor for the Maternity and Midwifery forum explains wha...

Have you used the new @internationalmidwives.org data hub yet? Some thoughts from me. maternityandmidwifery.co.uk/the-new-midw...

Midwives in a Changing Climate: Centering SRHR in Climate and Humanitarian Action | International Confederation of Midwives As climate change intensifies and humanitarian crises grow more frequent, midwives are at the forefront, delivering life-saving sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and family planning (FP) services in the most challenging environments. This timely and solution-focused webinar, hosted by ICFP and ICM, will spotlight their leadership, lived experiences, and the critical intersections between climate, crisis response, and SRHR. It will also explore how stronger collaboration across sectors can support more resilient, equitable, and rights-based health systems.

📆 Join us on August 19 for a powerful webinar hosted by ICM and ICFP, where you’ll hear directly from midwives working in climate-vulnerable and crisis-affected areas, and learn how cross-sector collaboration can help build resilient, rights-based health systems.

Register now at: zurl.co/SIZUY

Midwifery Crisis: Lack of Trust & Failing System
“I’ve never known it like this,” says Prof Mary Renfrew OBE, 45+ yrs in midwifery.

Care models aren’t funded. Staff lack support. Women’s voices go unheard.

We know what works, time to act.
🔗 surl.li/mntpyy

🌍 Breastfeeding is a climate solution.
Midwives are key to making it possible.
This #WBW2025, let’s support the warm chain of care and create a breastfeeding-friendly world — for women & planet.

Learn more: zurl.co/QNs87

Explore the Hub: https://datahub.internationalmidwives.org The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), in partnership with Direct Relief, has launched... Midwives' Data Hub Demo

🚨 The Midwives’ Data Hub is officially launched!
The first platform to bring together global data on midwives, their work, and the health outcomes they impact — all in one place.
Explore it. Share it. Use it to make midwives more visible.

🔗datahub.internationalmidwive...

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#ResourceTuesday
Midwifery leadership matters—from classrooms to clinics to ministries. Our guide outlines how countries can grow strong, compassionate midwifery leaders.
📄 Learn more: zurl.co/hmW4x

We're excited to present our 2024 Annual and Financial Report!

2024 marked the first year of ICM's Triennial Strategic Plan to drive innovation in midwifery, advance the Professional Framework, and support member associations in facing humanitarian and climate challenges.

🔗 zurl.co/OJr27

A big thank you to everyone who submitted an abstract!

We have received almost 2.800 abstracts for the ICM Triennial Congress 2026. Your insights, and commitment to advancing midwifery will make for an incredibly inspiring event.

Stay tuned for all the updates.

#Midwives2026  #OneMillionMore

Join one of ICM’s Regional Professional Committees!
We have 3 positions available:

🔹 Practicing Midwife – Western Pacific
🔹 Researcher – Southeast Asia
🔹 Emerging Leader – The Americas

Are you ready to help shape the midwifery profession?
👉 Learn more and apply now at: zurl.co/ODwKS

New Research: Legal and Regulatory Frameworks Are Undermining Midwifery Models of Care | Center for Reproductive Rights Research brief explores how laws and regulations block access to quality and respectful maternal health care. Research brief explores how laws and regulations block access to quality and respectful maternal health care.

New legal research shows outdated laws are blocking midwives from delivering quality care. Midwifery must be recognized and empowered—because rights-based, respectful maternal care starts with midwives.
🔗 Read more: zurl.co/M7XvT

Launch of the New Midwives’ Data Hub | International Confederation of Midwives The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), in partnership with Direct Relief, is proud to launch the Midwives’ Data Hub—a user-friendly, data-driven platform designed to elevate the visibility of midwives and sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and adolescent health (SRMNAH) indicators in global health systems. 

📢 Join us for the launch of the Midwives’ Data Hub!
A game-changing tool for midwives & SRMNAH professionals worldwide.
🗓️ 22 July | 🕔 17:00 CEST | 🌐 Online

🚨 Register now: zurl.co/i3OUU

Adding the ICM Newsletter piece in English internationalmidwives.org/welcome-to-o...

Le ostetriche italiane entrano nella rete globale ICM La FNOPO è membro affiliato della Confederazione Internazionale delle Ostetriche, la Presidente Vaccari: “Un riconoscimento internazionale per la nostra professione e una nuova spinta per il suo futur...

Officially welcoming Italy to the International Confederation of Midwives 🇮🇹 ♥️ www.vocedellasanita.it/le-ostetrich... @internationalmidwives.org @danieladrandic.bsky.social

NHS 10-Year plan: We must act now, to rebuild community care - Birthrights birth justice human rights pregnancy childbirth UK maternity care Birthrights charity Year in Review

Message from birthrights about #NHS 10 year plan. birthrights.org.uk/2025/02/11/n... yes- get the focus back into the community and sort out midwifery staffing so midwives can do their jobs to the full potential

Three key documents from @who.int form the basis for #MMoC:

Implementation Guide: iris.who.int/handle/10665...

Global Position Paper: www.who.int/publications...

Midwifery Accelerator: www.unfpa.org/publications...

If you're free in just over 3 hours, at 14h CET, join the next Launch event (link below, under Session 2)

🗞️ Midwives: Get access to MIDIRS research & resources for just £10–£20/year!
Subscribe through your association or school.

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WHO calls for global expansion of midwifery models of care The World Health Organization (WHO) today released new guidance to help countries adopt and expand midwifery models of care - where midwives serve as the main care provider for women and babies throug...

Great 🚀 today Midwifery Models of Care Implementation Guidance @who.int bit.ly/4kShgEQ pivotal moment for midwifery globally. @internationalmidwives.org

Midwifery leadership is key to transitioning and sustaining #MMoC. Change often meets with resistence, especially when people don't understand what midwives can do. For this reason, we must create spaces for discussion and dialogue among professions, and among countries.

Susanne Ahlund, Sweden

WHO calls for global expansion of midwifery models of care The World Health Organization (WHO) today released new guidance to help countries adopt and expand midwifery models of care - where midwives serve as the main care provider for women and babies throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period.

Today we are live from the launch event of the WHO Midwifery Models of Care Implementation Guidance! Follow us on BlueSky and Instagram #MMoC

Register to join one of the events, using these links:
Session 1, 9h CET: zurl.co/UuTz1
Session 2, 14h CET zurl.co/8aKAk

Read more: zurl.co/4Opck

If you are a multilingual midwife like me, take part is this survey exploring the lived experience of multilinguals working across the NHS forms.office.com/pages/respon... (t.co/Q6UZENuyYz)
@EUMidwives (x.com/EUMidwives)

@MidwivesRCM (x.com/MidwivesRCM)

Critical factors for improving maternal health The timely Editorial1 on prioritising and investing in maternal health captures the scale of the challenges facing UK maternity services. However, there are important gaps in the analysis and the wide...

Midwives with their ability to link community and hospital care & their responsibility to care for all women & babies, are ideally positioned to partner with GPs & HVs to prevent poor health + the shifting of care to the community shorturl.at/IDGe3 @TheLancet @maryrenfrew @danieladrandic.bsky.social

Sign the Petition Protect our Birth Choices - Save the Carmen Birth Centre, St George’s University Hospitals

Birth centres are safe and should be integral part of maternity service provision. Please support this petition to maintain place of birth options for women in south London www.change.org/p/protect-ou... @internationalmidwives.org

Have research or insights to share? Submit your abstract for #ICMLisbon2026 and be part of the conversation on One Million More Midwives. You have until 25 June 2025 to submit your abstract, learn more: www.midwives2026.org @internationalmidwives.org

📣 A milestone for midwifery!
Join the global launch of WHO's guidance on transitioning to midwifery models of care.
📅 18 June 2025
🌐 Two online sessions available to accommodate time zones:

🕘 Session 1:
09:00 AM CEST
🕘 Session 2:
2:00 PM CEST

🔗 zurl.co/LbGK6

🌍 Twin to Win

Join our 60-min webinar to learn how twinning empowers midwives globally!
🗓️ 16 June 2025 | 🕘 9AM
🌐 With interpretation in EN, FR, ES
🔗 Register: zurl.co/4N0lq

“At the heart of social justice is maternal justice.”
— Ximena Rojas, Mexico, #IDM2025

At the Tijuana–San Diego border, Ximena delivers care, dignity, and hope.
Watch her story: zurl.co/jyVWP

💜 “Being a midwife in crisis is an act of solidarity.”
At #IDM2025, Nina Söder shared why midwifery means showing up with compassion, even when the world feels broken.

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