Midwives: Advancing Reproductive Health Across India
Midwives play a vital role in improving reproductive health and ensuring safer pregnancy outcomes for women, gender-diverse individuals, and newborns. Their expertise, compassion, and community-based approach make them essential to building a healthier and more equitable future.
To support midwives and strengthen the profession, the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) has developed tools and resources to help midwives’ associations — including the Midwifery Practitioners Association, India — effectively educate, deploy, regulate, and sustain the midwifery workforce.
Explore key global standards, core competencies, regulatory frameworks, and implementation guidelines below.