Erin Gilmer is a certified nurse-midwife and public health professional working in Kabul, Afghanistan. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing from Seattle University in 2018 and her Master of Public Health from Yale University in 2023. As a 2023-2024 Gruber Fellow in Global Justice and Women’s Rights through Yale Law School, she collaborated with the American College of Nurse-Midwives on capacity building with maternal and newborn healthcare providers in Afghanistan.Currently, Erin is supporting the launch of Kabul Online Medical University in Exile (KOMU-E)’s innovative online midwifery education program for female students in Afghanistan who have been banned from midwifery education. This initiative aims to preserve academic continuity for Afghan midwifery students, sustain their engagement with the midwifery profession, and provide a critical lifeline for their education and wellbeing. Erin also supports efforts to increase psychosocial support for Afghan midwives and midwifery students. She speaks English, Spanish, and Dari.
