For women like Doña Leonida in Quintana Roo, midwifery is not just a calling—it is an act of love and resistance.

Doña María Méndez Hernández of Chiapas, Mexico, comes from a long line of traditional midwives. More than 80 years ago, Doña María was...

Dr. Saúl Madrid and Eduardo Cabrera seated to the right talk to representatives of the Nich Ixim Midwife Movement of Chiapas at GPA's office in Chiapas, Mexico With 642 health units and nearly 2 million people enrolled—almost 40% of the state’s population—IMSS-Bienestar in Chiapas serves more people than any other public state health program in Mexico. Most of these individuals live in rural areas and face significant poverty and marginalization. Over the past two years, GPA

Global Pediatric Alliance is pleased to announce our newest partner in our Community Designed Health Grants program—Primeros Pasos, a...

"GPA focuses on facilitating positive outcomes for kids and families in a way that’s not top-down but organic. That’s what makes their...

Paulina, a midwife in Yucatán, Mexico, has recently participated in GPA's midwifery initiatives. Enriching the skills of midwives has...

"Supporting women's reproductive health in rural and Indigenous communities is critically important." We recently had the good fortune to...

“Our dream is for women to be empowered and make their own decisions” Berta Cúmez, pictured above on the left, is the extraordinary...

"We're all where we are because somebody helped us. We all stand on the shoulders of giants." Ralph Sklar is a financial advisor based in...

"This is what we accomplished as women." The Mayan women who form the collective Sbelal Kuxlejalil, are building ecological stoves. In...