Navigating Birth and Conflict in the West Bank: A Documentary Film About the Work of Midwives

In February 2024, the International Confederation of Midwives hired ward-winning filmmaker Lynzy Billings to visit 11 hospitals across the West Bank. We saw firsthand the struggles midwives endure, working long shifts -sometimes even without pay- and resisting exhaustion as they try to support every woman who needs them.
The results of these visits are captured in a short documentary film. The film shows the daily challenges faced by Palestinian midwives and their determination to keep providing care despite the difficulties.
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[@kellyrobinson8816]

Thank you for sharing the lives of these amazing midwives with us. I hope that one day all the barriers to providing safe and supportive midwifery care are dismantled. May you and your families stay safe ❤

[@rachellesupermac]

A beautiful and powerful documentary. So much respect for these midwives, they do such a noble job in such a harsh reality. As a midwife myself, I can relate to them in the work we do; helping pregnant people with love and care, but the circumstances we both work in are so different. I am so impressed by these women who do their best in the midst of war, in the midst of so much injustice and inequality. Going to work and doing their duty, working with love when there is so much hate around them. Watching this documentary gives a glimpse of their working situation and the challenges they face, and I wish there was some way I could support them. I am deeply touched, Free Gaza, Free Palestine.

[@malvetodatalla5531]

This is truly a fascinating documentary that shows what is happening in day to day MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS LIVES. InshAllah all this ends. الله كبير ♥️

[@RANDMOSTAFA-n7i]

Keep going aunty maysaa and others we love you all, and we are so proud of you, You are the real heroes!! ❤❤

[@hsiao-meihuang4984]

After watching the video, people in Taiwan midwife nurses felt people live in West Bank should train more midwife assistants to help hospital operation because West Bank positive people want to work and earn money. These hospitals workers also felt safe for shortage healthcare workers. In Taiwan, the society train certified Nanny to help newborn care at least two months in facilities. In Taiwan, midwife workers felt West Bank already provide good and solid equipment for women during labor and delivery room.

[@نجوىرفيق-ك1ع]

Mashallah we are so proud of u all

[@Kanata_Moni..]

❤❤ It's so lovely to see Midwives

[@catherine511]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏