Every year, more than 300 000 women die while giving birth and 2.7 million I newborns die during the first 28 days of life, many from preventable causes. Midwifery the skilled, knowledgeable and compassionate care provided throughout pregnancy and child birth -plays a vital role in preventing these deaths, but only when it is of quality and provided by midwives educated and regulated to international standards. However, despite being recognized as significant in health care, midwives in the Philippines still experience professional discrimination. On this basis, this study aims to explore the discrimination experiences of midwives as a profession despite the transition from a 2- year program to a bachelor degree. To realize this objective, the study utilized a qualitative-phenomenological research design to gain insight, explore the depth, richness and complexity inherent in the phenomenon and discrimination experiences of the midwives. Using purposive sampling, informants were selected based on the following inclusion criteria set by the researchers which include: a). must be a midwife, b). age must be 20-40 years old; c). had experienced any form of discrimination, d.) working in a s private/public institution in Valenzuela City; e) must have a working experience for more 91 than 5 years and, f.) voluntarily and willing to participate in the study. In-depth interview with the use of guide questionnaire following a semi-structured approach was utilized in getting information from the informants. Thematic analysis by Braun, & Clarke (2013) was employed in identifying patterns from their responses. It emphasizes pinpoint examining, and recording patterns (or "themes") within data. Themes are patterns across data sets that are important to the description of a phenomenon and are associated to a specific research question. Three barriers were identified as themes that represent the discrimination experiences of midwives namely social, economic and professional barriers which are interlinked and interdependent. Midwives experiencing difficulties within any of these areas face significant barriers that can prevent them from providing high quality care to women and newborns. The findings from this study describe that midwives are deeply committed to providing the best quality of care for women, newborns and their families. But they are also deeply frustrated by the realities they experience that constrain their efforts, and the lack of voice they have in creating change. Generally, this study indicates that-i the voices of midwives are listened to, and if midwives are enabled to overcome gender inequalities and assume positions of leadership -quality of care can be improved for women and newborns globally.