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Ruth Malik founded Birth India in 2006. This was a time when the medicalisation of birth was rising globally. When Birth India began, there were very few people in the country questioning the harm that was being caused to both, mothers and babies by the over medicalisation of pregnancy and birth. Birth India, brings attention to women's reproductive health rights and evidence-based practice in pregnancy, labor, and birth. Birth India aims to develop a culture that eradicates the abuses that women routinely face during the childbearing year and promotes healthy bonding between families, which is conducive to a more respectful and healthy society.

Ruth Malik is also the co-founder of the Mumbai expatriate group Aadhaar, founded in 2004 https://www.facebook.com/groups/aadhaarmumbai Member of Kokomo Choir.

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Born : Manly Sydney, Australia 1969 Children : Jai Mohan born in 2002 & Sophia Mary Ellen born in 2006. Education : BA Australian National University PG Public Health Curtin University Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-malik-654184121/

Articles An Open and shut case, Live Mint, 2008 My Traumatic Birth, Midwifery Today, 2008 Birthing Rights, 2009 How To Avoid An ‘Unnecessary’ Delivery, Swaddle Birth India’s, National Birth Network Festival, held annually in Goa, 2019

Conference & Panelist Coordinator of the Human Rights In Childbirth Conference (HRIC) in Mumbai, 2017. An International conference attended by The Centre for Reproductive Rights, UNFS, WRA, Jhpeigo, Human Rights Law Network, WHO & The World Bank. Conference documentary, Justice Dignity & Respect in Childbirth. Mumbai press club, 2017 Birthing with Love, film launch, 2019 Coimbatore Parenting Network event, 2019 Pune Birth and Parenting Network in January 2020 Should India’s health infrastructure embrace traditional midwives? Gaon Connection, 2020

Documentary Documentary, raising awareness about the cesarean section epidemic, 2019 Unne-cesarean | Documentary Films for Social Change | Video Volunteers 2020

Petitions Safe birth petition which was launched at the HRIC event, 2018

Declare the number of caesarean deliveries. change.org petition, presented to Lok Sabha member Maneka Gandhi

Survey Promoting Respectful Maternity Care in India, The White Ribbon Alliance India, and Birth India 2020