The call by many midwives for an improvement in work conditions in Germany is getting louder. But political commitment to improving an extremely high workload is lacking. Katharina Perreira – freelance midwife and mother of a large family – is trying to change things. Together with the organisation Midwife Rebels, she campaigns against increasing liability insurance sums and for a better image of her profession. But that’s not all. Because she says, “Good midwives strengthen society. And the way a country deals with its childbirth is a measure of its progressiveness and sustainability”. A report by Anna Goretzki.
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