FOURTH CONSORTIUM MEETING AGENDA

MSCA-SE 101130141-IPOV 

Lisboa, Portugal 

Consortium Meeting 22-23 June 2026
1st Nascer.pt Forum 24 June 2026

1. Agenda of the Lisbon meeting (22–23 June)

First of all, we would like to thank you for the excellent response received: we are delighted that the great majority of consortium members will be able to participate in person in Lisbon.

The meeting has been designed primarily as a face-to-face event, in order to foster exchange, collaborative work and discussion among the different areas of the project.

For those who will not be able to attend in person, the plenary sessions will be available online. The Teams link can be found in the attached agenda.

Please note that participants attending in person who wish to use the simultaneous English–Spanish interpretation service during the plenary sessions will also need to connect to the Teams link using their own headphones.

2. Meeting flyer

We are also attaching the meeting flyer for anyone who may wish to share it through their own communication channels. We would also like to inform you that the flyer and press release have already been sent to the communication offices of the partner institutions, so no further action is required in this regard.

3. Information about the agenda

Translation and online participation

During the day on 22 June and the morning of 23 June (plenary sessions), we will have the support of Alfonsina, our English–Spanish interpreter. We recommend having headphones available in order to follow the interpretation.

These sessions will also be available online via Teams.

By contrast, the scientific workshops scheduled for the afternoon of 23 June will take place exclusively in person.

Scientific sessions and other presentations

In the coming days, we will contact the coordinators of the different scientific sessions and all those presenting to provide information about speaking times.

We would also like to remind everyone to use the IPOV PowerPoint template. If anyone does not have it, please feel free to request it.

Scientific workshops on the second day

As we did last year, the afternoon of the second day will be dedicated to group work focused on progress and next steps within the different scientific areas of the project:

• Training and Tools
• Mental Health
• Restorative Justice
• Transformative Practices
• Laws and Human Rights
• Definition and Use

We will soon send a form with specific instructions for joining the groups. We would like to remind everyone that participants may take part in more than one session during the afternoon and contribute ideas, proposals and future activities.

Logistical information

• Both lunches and coffee breaks are included.
• We will create a WhatsApp group for organisational communications during the meeting. Those who have not yet shared their phone number with us are kindly invited to do so by email.
• We will propose an informal closing dinner on 23 June. Participation will be optional and costs will be covered individually. Further details will be shared soon.

Nascer.pt Forum – 24 June

We would like to remind you that on 24 June the Nascer.pt Forum, organised by the nascer.pt team, will take place, and all of you are warmly invited to participate.

The event will include activities in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

For those wishing to take part in the methodological workshops of the Forum, registration links can be found in the agenda. We recommend registering in advance to facilitate the organisation of the activities.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you very soon in Lisbon.

AGENDA FOURTH CONSORTIUM MEETING

MSCA-SE 101130141-IPOV  · Lisboa, Portugal 

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Consortium Meeting
22-23 June 2026

1st Nascer.pt Forum (CIES-Iscte)
24 June 2026

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ISCTE, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 
Address: Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
Tel:  +351 217 903 000 Email: geral@iscte.pt
WEB :  https://www.iscte-iul.pt/

22nd June 2026

Monday | ISCTE-CVTT (Building 4) Room: A104 

14.15 Welcome

• 14.30 – Welcome
  Elsa Pegado  (Deputy Director of CIES-Iscte | ISCTE- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa)
  Dulce Morgado Neves (ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa)

• 14.45 – 15.05 | Project Overview and next step
  Coordinator’s Report – Patrizia Quattrocchi (Università degli Studi di Udine – UNIUD)

• 15.10 – 16.10 Work Package Reports

WP1. Digital Tool: Overview and next steps
Maria Hidalgo Rudilla (En Positivo Comunicación y Diseño Social para ONGs – DS)

WP2. Documents and Data: Overview and next steps
Patrizia Quattrocchi (Università degli Studi di Udine –UNIUD) 

WP3. Learning Scenario: Overview and next steps
Serena Brigidi (Universitat Rovira i Virgili – URV) 

WP4: Bridging Strategy: Overview and next steps
Virginie Rozée (Institut National d’Études Démographiques – INED) 

Proposals for Improvement / IPOV members proposals / Open discussion

16.10-16.30 break 

• 16.30 – 18.20 Scientific sessions presentations (coordinators/members)

• Training and Tools
• Mental Health 
• Restorative Justice 
• Transformative Practices 
• Laws and Human Rights
• Definition and Use 

                Proposals for Improvement/open discussion

• IPOV members communications (shared publications/next joint meetings, etc.)

• 18:20 Conclusions – Dulce Morgado Neves (ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa)

23rd June 2026

Tuesday | ISCTE-CVTT (Building 4) Room: B3.32

9.30 Welcome

• 9.45-11.30  Developing the IPOV Innovative Training and E-Learning Course (WP3-WP4)

• 9.45-10.30 WP3-Secondments experiences (Alba Crespo, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute – VHIR)

Concrete examples of IPOV training tools: 

IPOV Workshops (Mirjam Lukasse and Enhid Myhre- Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge)

IPOV Workshop at the International Confederation of Midwives (Isabel Ferreira-UTERUS-GIMNO – Saúde Integrativa da Mulher) – Ema Schuler/participants

Internal evaluation tools (Institut National d’Études Démographiques – INED, Ilaria Mariani IRCSS-Burlo Garofolo Ospedale Infantile-Who Collaborating Centre for Maternal and Child Health) 

• 10.30-11.15   E-learning course: progress work (Universitat Rovira i Virgili – URV) 

Open discussion/proposals for Improvement

11.15-11.45 coffee break

• 11.45-13.15  Scientific sections working group/workshops

13.15-15.15 Lunch (included)

• 15.30-17.30  Scientific sections working group* 

*These sessions will take place in different rooms within ISCTE-CVTT. Aallocations will be communicated on the day of the event.

• 17.30 -18.30 Plenary (working group next step presentation) 

• 18.30 Conclusions – Dulce Morgado Neves (Instituto Universitário de Lisboa – ISCTE)

24th June 2026

1st Nascer.pt Forum: Critical Pathways and Perspectives on Childbirth [side event organized by nascer.pt – Laboratory of Social Studies on Childbirth, open to IPOV members]

Participation upon prior registration here 

Date and venue: 24/06/2026 | ISCTE-CVTT (Building 4), Room: B332 

Programme

10:00-10:15 · Opening and presentation – Dulce Morgado Neves (Coordinator of nascer.pt/CIES-Iscte) 

            Elsa Pegado (Deputy Director of CIES-Iscte)

10:15-11:00 Keynote

Violencia Obstétrica. De los movimientos sociales latinoamericanos a las agendas políticas internacionales y europeas: una trayectoria de tres décadas. Patrizia Quattrocchi, Università degli Studi di Udine  [Presentation in Spanish]

11:00 – 12:30 · Panel: Science, Bodies and Autonomy – Perspectives on Birth [Presentations in Portuguese]

• Catarina Delaunay (CICS.NOVA): Controvérsias sociotécnicas em torno da procriação medicamente assistida: corpo, tecnologia e autonomia reprodutiva. 
• Mário JDS Santos (RISE-Health-IPSantarém): Hospital como (não-)lugar de nascimento: Uma reflexão, empiricamente ancorada, sobre a socialização profissional na assistência ao parto 
• Milena do Carmo (CES-UC): Parentalidades dissidentes: o cuidado exercido por homens trans no Brasil e em Portugal 
• Sónia Pintassilgo (CIES-Iscte): Natalidade, fecundidade e condições sociais do nascimento em Portugal 

Moderation: Amélia Augusto (nascer.pt/CIES-Iscte e UBI) 

LUNCH BREAK included

14:00 – 14:30 · Poster exhibition

14:30 – 17:45 · Methodological Workshops

14:30-16:00

• Diagrama de Lexis na Análise Sociológica do Nascimento, by Sónia Pintassilgo (CIES-Iscte) [workshop in Portuguese]
• Art-Based Methods para la investigación. Introducción al mapeo corporal, la fotografía narrativa y el paisaje sonoro, by Serena Brigidi (URV) [workshop in Spanish]

16:15-17:45

• Etnografar a partir de si: autoetnografia, corpo e nascimento, by Chiara Pussetti (ICS-UL) [workshop in Portuguese]
• Método biográfico narrativo interpretativo (método BNIM) na análise do nascimento, por Maria Madalena d’Avelar (CIES-Iscte) [workshop in Portuguese]

18:00 · Closing session 

“Best General Poster” and “Best Student Poster” Award.

PRESS RELEASE

European project IPOV – RESPECTFUL CARE to hold its Fourth Consortium Meeting in Lisbon alongside the 1st Nascer.pt Forum on critical perspectives on childbirth

The meeting will take place on 22, 23 and 24 June 2026 at ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, combining internal consortium working sessions with an academic forum organised by nascer.pt/CIES-Iscte.

Lisbon, June 2026. The European project IPOV – RESPECTFUL CARE, funded under the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Staff Exchanges programme, will hold its Fourth Consortium Meeting on 22 and 23 June 2026 at ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal.

The meeting will bring together members of the international IPOV consortium to review the progress of the project, share scientific results, strengthen coordination between work packages and define the next steps in the prevention of obstetric violence and the promotion of respectful maternity care.

The opening session on Monday, 22 June, will include a welcome by Elsa Pegado, Deputy Director of CIES-Iscte | ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, and Dulce Morgado Neves, from ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. This will be followed by the Coordinator’s Report presented by Patrizia Quattrocchi, from Università degli Studi di Udine – UNIUD, who will provide an overview of the project and its next steps.

During the first day, the consortium will present progress reports from the main work packages: WP1 Digital Tool, presented by Maria Hidalgo Rudilla, from En Positivo Comunicación y Diseño Social para ONGs – DS; WP2 Documents and Data, presented by Patrizia Quattrocchi, from Università degli Studi di Udine – UNIUD; WP3 Learning Scenario, presented by Serena Brigidi, from Universitat Rovira i Virgili – URV; and WP4 Bridging Strategy, presented by Virginie Rozée, from the Institut National d’Études Démographiques – INED.

The programme will also include a session on secondment experiences, with the participation of Alba Crespo, from the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute – VHIR, as well as scientific presentations and discussions on key areas of the project, including training and tools, mental health, restorative justice, transformative practices, laws and human rights, and the definition and use of the concept of obstetric violence. The day will conclude with closing remarks by Dulce Morgado Neves, from ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.

On Tuesday, 23 June, the consortium will continue its work with a session focused on the development of the IPOV Innovative Training and E-Learning Course. The programme will include concrete examples of IPOV digital tools, including the IPOV workshops and the workshop to be presented at the International Confederation of Midwives Congress, with the participation of Isabel Ferreira, from UTERUS – GIMNO / Saúde Integrativa da Mulher, Ema Schuler and other project participants.

The second day will also include a session on the progress of the e-learning course, presented by Serena Brigidi, from Universitat Rovira i Virgili – URV, followed by open discussion, scientific section working groups and a plenary session to present next steps.

As a side event linked to the consortium meeting, the 1st Nascer.pt Forum: Critical Pathways and Perspectives on Childbirth will take place on 24 June 2026. The forum is organised by nascer.pt – Laboratory of Social Studies on Childbirth, from CIES-Iscte, and will be open to IPOV members upon prior registration. The event will be held at ISCTE-CVTT, room B332.

The forum will open with a presentation by Dulce Morgado Neves, Coordinator of nascer.pt/CIES-Iscte, and Elsa Pegado, Deputy Director of CIES-Iscte. The keynote lecture will be delivered by Patrizia Quattrocchi, from Università degli Studi di Udine, under the title “Obstetric Violence. From Latin American social movements to international and European political agendas: a three-decade trajectory”. The presentation will be delivered in Spanish.

The forum will also include the panel “Science, Bodies and Autonomy – Perspectives on Birth”, with presentations in Portuguese by Catarina Delaunay, from CICS.NOVA; Mário JDS Santos, from RISE-Health-IPSantarém; Milena do Carmo, from CES-UC; and Sónia Pintassilgo, from CIES-Iscte. The session will be moderated by Amélia Augusto, from nascer.pt/CIES-Iscte and UBI.

In the afternoon, the programme will continue with a poster exhibition and several methodological workshops. These will include “Lexis Diagram in the Sociological Analysis of Birth”, by Sónia Pintassilgo, from CIES-Iscte; “Art-Based Methods for Research: Introduction to Body Mapping, Narrative Photography and Soundscape”, by Serena Brigidi, from Universitat Rovira i Virgili – URV; “Ethnographing from Oneself: Autoethnography, Body and Birth”, by Chiara Pussetti, from ICS-UL; and “Biographical Narrative Interpretive Method — BNIM — in the Analysis of Birth”, by Maria Madalena d’Avelar, from CIES-Iscte.

The forum will close with the presentation of the “Best General Poster” and “Best Student Poster” awards.

By bringing together the IPOV Consortium Meeting and the 1st Nascer.pt Forum, the Lisbon gathering will strengthen interdisciplinary research, international exchange and the development of scientific, educational and social tools to address obstetric violence from the perspectives of human rights, public health, restorative justice, professional training and institutional transformation.

About IPOV – RESPECTFUL CARE

IPOV – RESPECTFUL CARE is a European project funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Staff Exchanges, grant agreement No. 101130141. The project brings together academic institutions, civil society organisations and professionals from different countries to research, document and transform practices related to obstetric violence, promoting respectful, interdisciplinary and rights-based maternity care.