International Day of the Midwife

International Day of the Midwife was first celebrated May 7, 1991, and has since been observed in over 50 nations around the world.[1]

The idea of having a day to recognize and honor midwives came out of the 1987 International Confederation of Midwives conference in the Netherlands. In 2014 it was celebrated in Iran[2] and New Zealand[3] among other places.

References

  1. ↑ "ICM - Home". Internationalmidwives.org. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
  2. ↑ "Iran needs young population to make progress: Leader". Tehran Times. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Midwives make history". Stuff.co.nz. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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