National Midwifery Week was created by the American College of Nurse-Midwives
(ACNM) to celebrate and recognize midwives and midwife-led care.
National Midwifery Week was established by the American College of
Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) as a way to celebrate midwives, raise awareness about midwife-led
care, and highlight the positive impact midwifery has on individuals, families, and communities.
2024 – Midwives: Looking To The Future
2023 – Midwives: Strengthening Communities
2022 – Midwives For Justice
2021 – Midwives For Every Community
2020 – Midwives For Equity
2019 – Midwifery Is the Answer!
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Mon, October 6, 2025 @ 11:00 AM EDT
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Tuesday, October 7, 2025 · 3:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, October 7, 2025 · 3:00 PM EDT
Live Web Event · 1.0 CE
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 · 7:00 PM EDT
This National Midwifery Week, we’re inviting YOU to record a 30-second to 1-minute video
answering any of the 1–100 prompts we’ve shared. Whether it’s why you became a midwife,
your favorite birth story, or what you wish more people knew about midwifery — your voice
matters.
Let’s flood social media with real stories, faces, and the heart of midwifery. Post your video, tag
us, and use #NMW25 so we can celebrate and amplify your message.
Help raise awareness about the vital role of midwives in promoting safe, respectful, and equitable maternity care. To make it easy to get involved, we’ve created shareable graphics, suggested captions, and hashtags you can use across your social media channels.”
Advocate for Midwives and Midwifery Led Care
We invite you to record your experiences. Stories are the fuel that keep us working for real change that families need, and stories help us educate lawmakers about policies that can make a difference. We aim to capture authentic, honest, emotional, and very real experiences from families and those who support them.We invite you to record your experiences. Stories are the fuel that keep us working for real change that families need, and stories help us educate lawmakers about policies that can make a difference. We aim to capture authentic, honest, emotional, and very real experiences from families and those who support them.
Tell us about your passion for midwifery, be it personally, professionally, or politically (meaning, how can policies help)! We know that midwifery means unique things to everyone. We are interested in learning about what fuels you!
ACNM mobilizes action on legislative and policy opportunities that make midwifery accessible to all across the United States. View and take action on current opportunities and explore the status of each bill. Consider sharing your story using one of our story collector tools to help inform policymakers about why midwives are needed more than ever.
For those who have never experienced midwifery care, it can be difficult to understand why this field is so passionate about creating a midwife-friendly society, but with your help, we can help paint a clearer picture
