Welcome to the 32nd ICM Virtual Triennial Congress

About ICM

The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) supports, represents and works to strengthen professional associations of midwives throughout the world. There are currently 143 Members Associations, representing 124 countries across every continent. ICM is organised in six regions:

• Africa (Anglophone and Francophone)
• Americas (North America & Caribbean and Latin America)
• Western Pacific
• Eastern Mediterranean
• South East Asia
• Europe (Northern, Central and Southern)

Together these associations represent over 1 million midwives globally. 

ICM is an accredited non-governmental organisation representing midwives and midwifery to organisations worldwide to achieve common goals in the care of mothers and newborns. ICM works closely with the WHO, UNFPA and other UN Agencies; global professional health care organisations including the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), the International Pediatric Association (IPA), the International Council of Nurses (ICN), non-governmental organisations; bilateral and civil society groups.