Ingela Wiklund1, Address Mauakowa Malata2, Ngai Fen Cheung3, Franka Cadée4. 1. Institution of Clinical Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; International Confederation of Midwives, 2514 AE The Hague, Netherlands. 2. Office of Vice Chancellor, Malawi University of Science and Technology, Thyolo, Malawi; Department of Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. 3. Shijiazhong Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital, Shijiazhong, China. 4. International Confederation of Midwives, 2514 AE The Hague, Netherlands. Electronic address: president@internationalmidwives.org.