The joint call marked the international observance on August 9, held this year under the theme “Honoring Indigenous Midwives: Safeguarding Life and Well-being.” Saw Paul Sein Twa, chairman of the Salween Peace Park Committee, highlighted the indispensable role these traditional birth attendants—known locally as let-thaes—play as frontline caregivers amidst widespread military conflict and displacement. Marking the occasion, the Salween Peace Park Committee issued five key recommendations to support Indigenous communities within the park. The statement called for recognizing and empowering Indigenous midwives through midwife-led research, while ensuring their ancestral knowledge remains under community ownership. In its August 9 statement, the Salween Peace Park Committee also reported that a military junta airstrike struck a village within the Salween Peace Park on August 6—damaging homes and a monastery while killing and injuring civilians.