 Hello, this is Jane Houston. I'm one of the midwives on the VIDM committee. Birth equity to me means equal access for all people and families around the world, wherever they may be, to the best midwifery care. Hello, my name is Linda Wiley. I'm a retired midwife educator living in Scotland. What birth equity for all means to me is that all women, birthing people and all those involved in the process of birth all over the world receive good quality education with which to make empowered decisions about pregnancy and birth. Hello, my name is Chris Woodhouse and I'm a VIDM committee member. For me, birth equity for all means that everyone has the information and the means to make informed decisions about their childbirth experience, that their wishes are respected and followed and that any support or intervention must be from informed consent. Hello, my name is Ali Anderson and I'm one of the midwives on the committee for the VIDM. Birth equity for all for me means all women having access to a trained midwife to support and advocate for them through their pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period. Hello, my name is Karen and I am from Cape Town, South Africa. For me, birth equity for all means compassionate individualised care by a trained professional. My name is Raquel. I am part of the VIDM committee. So what does birth equity for all means to me? Well, it means that we need to ensure women have access to maternity care services. That means with a midwife and also an interdisciplinary team that would ensure women have the safest labour and birth. I'm Cecilia Jevitt. I'm a Canadian and an American midwife. To me, birth equity for all is assuring that resources are distributed across communities fairly so that individuals and their families have the support and the health care that's needed to give them the sort of birth that they want. Hello, I am Susanna Coo. I'm a Canadian and a Peruvian midwife. For me, birth equity for all means for all pregnant people to have access to respectful maternity care and they have the option to have a support person with them. Hello, my name is Halime Amosa. I'm a midwife from Nigeria. I'm a uni lecturer and I'm also a member of the VIDM committee. I'm currently based in the UK undertaking my PhD studying the wellbeing of the Nigerian midwife. For me, birth equity means when all women around the world have access to highly dignified and quality maternity care or through their birth experiences, meaning during the antinatal period, the intranatal period and the postpartum period irrespective of their colour, the race, the tribe, the religion and the socio-economic status of their socio-economic class.