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Voices of Midwives: Sri Lanka

May 10, 2014

Watch testimonials of midwives from developing countries talking about the challenges they face in their daily life-saving work.

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Voices of Midwives: Nepal

May 20, 2014
Watch testimonials of midwives from developing countries talking about the challenges they face in their daily life-saving work.
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Voices of Midwives: Burkina Faso

May 20, 2014

Watch testimonials of midwives from developing countries talking about the challenges they face in their daily life-saving work.

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Senegal: Beyond Tradition

March 17, 2011

Dialyma's father had forbidden his mother to cut his daughter.  The grandmother cut Dialyma against her wishes.  Now her father has joined a growing movement fighting to end female genital mutilation. He says change must come from the grassroots.

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Voices of Midwives: Liberia

May 20, 2014

Watch testimonials of midwives from developing countries talking about the challenges they face in their daily life-saving work.

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Slideshow: State of Midwifery

May 6, 2011
Midwives do much more than deliver babies, as this slideshow, created from photos submitted by UNFPA Field Offices, reveals.
 
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Voices of Midwives: Uganda

May 20, 2014

Watch testimonials of midwives from developing countries talking about the challenges they face in their daily life-saving work.

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Saving lives in Syria - State of the World's Midwifery 2014

June 2, 2014
Midwives can sometimes be the only thing standing between life and death for women and children in a humanitarian crisis situation. Watch how one midwife in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan is saving the lives of women and children.
 
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UNFPA MASTER web 2

May 7, 2011

UNFPA MASTER web 2

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Midwives in South Sudan

May 26, 2011

According to the authorities, 80 per cent of all women in Southern Sudan give birth at home, without the help of a midwife, and  the region suffers from one of the highest maternal death rates in the world.