Gila Zarbiv

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Feb 12, 2025, 10:03 PM

An Oasis of Peace

A deeply chilling video surfaced online today, where a self-proclaimed "physician and nurse" from Australia unabashedly stated that if they were treating an Israeli patient, they would kill them immediately and send them to hell. This isn’t just hateful...

Jan 30, 2025, 9:52 PM

When Truth Dies

Truth is the foundation of justice. It is what separates fact from fiction, reality from illusion. Without truth, there can be no accountability, no trust, no shared understanding of the world we live in. And yet, truth is fragile....

Jan 23, 2025, 12:24 PM

The Hidden Key to Transforming Women’s Health in Israel

Israel has earned its reputation as a global leader in innovation, from life-saving medical technologies to groundbreaking research. Yet when it comes to access to maternal health services, Israel falls behind. Despite having the highest fertility rate among OECD...

Jan 21, 2025, 2:56 AM

The World Was A Witness

Yesterday, like the rest of Israel and much of the world, I sat with tears streaming down my face as Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Doron Steinbrecher returned home. Watching them step back into the open arms of their...

Dec 11, 2024, 1:31 AM

Why You Should Care About Afghanistan’s Midwives

Afghanistan is already one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman. On December 3rd, reports surfaced that the Taliban had escalated this grim reality by banning women from studying midwifery and nursing. (While the...

Nov 26, 2024, 6:20 PM

The Silence is Deafening and We Must be the Noise

This week on November 25th was International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. But ask yourself: what has actually changed? How did we become a world where slogans like "End violence against women" and "Believe all women" are...

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About Me

Gila Zarbiv is a certified nurse midwife with a master’s in women’s health and a PhD candidate at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, specializing in Global Health Systems Management and Implementation Science. A dedicated advocate for midwifery models of care, she has held leadership roles with the Israel Midwives Association and the International Confederation of Midwives. As a doctoral fellow at the Israel Implementation Science and Policy Engagement Centre (IS-PEC), her work bridges research and policy to transform maternal health systems globally.

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