Indigenous midwifery photo series takes prestigious women’s photojournalism crown

Indigenous midwifery photo series takes prestigious women’s photojournalism crown

An Ecuadorian photographer has been named as the recipient of the 2026 Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award for a series documenting indigenous maternal healthcare in her native country’s Amazonian and Andean regions.When the Earth Gives Birth tells the story of AMUPAKIN and Partera de Anaku, the first Indigenous midwifery schools and hospitals in the Amazon and Andes.Assuming the eyes of midwives, apprentices, and patients, the series sheds lig…