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Three women seated around another laying on her side.
A woman lays in bed in the background; two woman sits across and over the matt they placed for an infant and supplies.
A woman instructor stands facing several men with books seated by desks in a classroom.
Three women in traditional Yemeni costume study images placed on a wall.
In a room, a seated woman holds a baby in a bundle hanging from a handheld scale while several other women surround and observe her.

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Three women seated around another laying on her side.

In India, a traditional midwife, or “dai,” delivering her first baby after WHO training, photograph by Eric Schwab, 1958

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