Global Call to Action – International Confederation of Midwives

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 series of calls to action for governments, decision makers, donors and health institutions to ensure the protection of midwives, women and newborns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Global Call to Action
Protecting Midwives to Sustain Care
for Women, Newborns and their Families in
the COVID-19 Pandemic.