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International Confederation of Midwives ICM

's-Gravenhage, NETHERLANDSNon-Profit OrganisationReg: 087227899209-30Since 19/06/2025

Budget

€10 — €0

EP Access

0

accredited persons

Staff

1

0.1 FTE

EU Grants

None

Mission & Goals

ICM has been the global voice of midwives and midwives’ associations for more than 100 years. The midwifery model of care is based on respect, dignity, compassion, and the promotion of human rights for all. This includes the right to access quality care from autonomous midwives. Midwives have a broad role in providing universal sexual reproductive health service according to the ICM Definition and Scope of Practice of a Midwife. Our Vision We envision a world where every childbearing woman has access to a midwife’s care for herself and her newborn. Our Mission Our mission is to strengthen midwives’ associations and to advance the profession of midwifery globally by promoting autonomous midwives as the most appropriate caregivers for childbearing women and in keeping birth normal, to enhance the reproductive health of women, their newborns and their families.

EU Legislative Interests

EU Directive on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications for Midwifery (Directive 2005/36/EC) All work related to health workforce, gender equality, sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health.

Communication Activities

Meetings, events, campaigns, publications.

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

At the European level, we collaborate with the European Midwives' Association.

Organisation Members

A full list of our members can be found here: https://internationalmidwives.org/our-members/about-our-members/

Additional Information

Our annual report is published on our website in July every year; we update our strategic plan every three years: https://internationalmidwives.org/who-we-are/strategy-reports/

Commissioner Meetings

No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.