The Amazon’s dry season, made drier by climate change, cuts off river access to hospitals for many rural people – but women with traditional skills are closer to hand ...

DEUS E PAI, Brazil - Deep in the Amazon jungle ... to Tefe can take over a day – if the river isn't entirely impassable. Like most Brazilian women, Mayleane planned to have her baby in a ...

After crossing the Brazilian border into the town of Lethem in Guyana, a billboard declares that human trafficking is a crime ...

Although Tabita is passing on the ancient trade to her own daughter, many young women prefer other paths. Amazon midwives ... the Solimoes river, near Tefe city, Amazonas state, Brazil, October ...