World Women Summit

Ibu Robin Lim
Midwife & Maternal Health Advocate, Founder of Yayasan Bumi Sehat, CNN Hero, Indonesia
Protection for Mothers & Newborns – Bringing Back the Beauty of Birth

Highlights from this session:

Robin delves into various aspects of motherhood, childbirth, and supporting women. Known for her work with the Healthy Mother Earth Foundation, she shares personal experiences alongside professional insights. She emphasizes the importance of respecting mothers' voices, promoting gentle births, and advocating for breastfeeding while critiquing the infant formula industry. Robin highlights cultural influences on birthing practices, such as delayed cord clamping and traditional methods like using the 'roboso' during labor and discusses the need for collaborative care among midwives, doulas, and doctors, particularly in empowering women during childbirth. She expresses the transformative power of birth experiences and the importance of balancing technology with human connections. The session concludes with Robin reflecting her commitment to nurturing love and trust in all beings, encapsulating her dedication to improving maternal and newborn care globally.

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Ibu Robin Lim

CNN Hero Ibu Robin Lim CPM was born in 1956 to a Filipino-American family. For 27 years Lim has lived in Indonesia where she is called, “Ibu (Mother) Robin”. Lim is a Certified Professional Midwife with the North American Registry of Midwives and Ikatan Bidan Indonesia. She devotes her life to Yayasan Bumi Sehat (Healthy Mother Earth Foundation), a not for profit organization with clinics in Bali, Aceh, Papua and the Philippines. Their work has supported thousands of women recovering from earthquakes, the Covid-19 pandemic, and climate change induced disasters around the world. Along with receiving babies, Ibu Robin is the author of 22 books, some translated into Bahasa Indonesia, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Czech languages. Robin’s support and inspiration is her family, husband Wil and eight children.

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Aleksandra Hirszfeld
Anna Hints
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Deb Dana
Deb Dana
Dileen Sardar Zuhdi Al-Noori
Dileen Sardar Zuhdi Al-Noori
Euphrasia Nyaki
Euphrasia Nyaki
Farzana Elham Kochai
Farzana Elham Kochai
Favianna Rodriguez
Favianna Rodriguez
Feride Rushiti
Feride Rushiti
Ginny Whitelaw
Ginny Whitelaw
Ibu Robin Lim
Ibu Robin Lim
Janessa Gans Wilder
Janessa Gans Wilder
Jen Libby
Jen Libby
Joana Breidenbach
Joana Breidenbach
Jude Currivan
Jude Currivan
Judith Herman
Judith Herman
Karen Downes
Karen Downes
Kelsey Blackwell
Kelsey Blackwell
Kosha Joubert
Kosha Joubert
Laura Calderón de la Barca
Laura Calderón de la Barca
Laurie Ellis Young
Laurie Ellis Young
Laurie Ellis Young
Laurie Ellis Young
Layla Alsheikh
Layla Alsheikh
Louise Marra
Louise Marra
Madelaine VanDerHeyden
Madelaine VanDerHeyden
Maria Leister
Maria Leister
Mary Inglis
Mary Inglis
Music by Tim Martina Schäffer
Music by Tim Martina Schäffer
Natasha Sell
Natasha Sell
Nitya Patrycja Pruchnik
Nitya Patrycja Pruchnik
Nora Bateson
Nora Bateson
Oleksandra Matviichuk
Oleksandra Matviichuk
Ouyporn Khuankaew
Ouyporn Khuankaew
Pat McCabe
Pat McCabe
Paulina Bownik
Paulina Bownik
Raewyn Mutch
Raewyn Mutch
Rayhan Asat
Rayhan Asat
Robi Damelin
Robi Damelin
Rola Hallam
Rola Hallam
Sami Awad
Sami Awad
Sayé Yabandeh
Sayé Yabandeh
Scilla Elworthy
Scilla Elworthy
Sonita Mbah
Sonita Mbah
Suzanne Anderson
Suzanne Anderson
Tammarrian Rogers
Tammarrian Rogers
Thomas Hübl
Thomas Hübl
Visolela Rosa Namises
Visolela Rosa Namises
Aleksandra Hirszfeld
Aleksandra Hirszfeld