With delegates, speakers and exhibitors from all over the world, this Congress is designed to not only support you in your professional development, but to support midwives as a collective to come together, build relationships, cultivate ideas, and identify pathways for progress. 

To celebrate women’s empowerment with us on 12 June in Bali, learn the steps to the official Congress 2023 dance. Follow along with the tutorial below:

It has come to our attention that immigration authorities in Indonesia have recently made it very difficult for visitors from the following countries to enter Indonesia, and consequently Bali: 

1. Afghanistan 
2. Cameroon 
3. Republic of Guinea 
4. Israel 
5. Liberia 
6. Nigeria 
7. North Korea 
8. Somalia 

According to our information, local visa agencies are charging approximately $3,000 per visa for passport holders from these eight countries, with no guarantee the visa will be obtained. Delegates holding passports from these countries would also need a police escort to get outside the airport at an extra cost of 135 USD. 

This is a very unpleasant situation, which is fully out of ICM’s control. 

If you have any questions, please reach out to registration@midwives2023.org.

Are you eager to learn who will speak at the upcoming Congress in Bali, what topics will be covered, and what practical skills can you learn by attending the workshops? 

This year’s Congress will feature 20 different workshops, including a number of ICM workshops (to be confirmed shortly). These workshops are a highlight of our Congresses, providing Delegates with unique hands-on learning opportunities. 

Make sure to check out the Satellite Symposia where we’ve already posted detailed descriptions and speaker information. 

The programme also features four different poster sessions. Poster authors will either present on Monday (a lunch and an evening session), Tuesday or Wednesday (lunch session). Presenters have already been assigned poster slots — please check the programme to find yours). 

It has been two weeks since the pair of magnitude 7.6 and 7.7 earthquakes struck Syria and Türkiye, killing over 50,000 people and displacing millions. As a result of this disaster, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) in Türkiye and Syria is in crisis. 

According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 38,000 of the 350,000 pregnant women who survived the earthquakes are due to give birth in the next month and are in urgent need of healthcare. 

ICM recognises the courage of our Member Associations and midwives in Türkiye and Syria, who—under the most difficult of circumstances—continue to provide care for women and their new-borns. 

This year's IDM theme, 'Together again: from evidence to reality' is a nod to the upcoming 33rd ICM Triennial Congress, where our global midwife community will come together for the first time in more than five years. It is also honours the efforts of midwives and their associations to action critical evidence like the State of the World’s Midwifery (SoWMy) 2021 towards meaningful change for our profession and the women and families we care for.

Stay tuned for our annual IDM toolkit which we will publish this month. Within the toolkit, you will find details about our digital IDM event. This year, our event on 5 May will focus on providing midwives belonging to our MAs with a platform to share stories and key learnings from their impactful advocacy initiatives.