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Birth Philosophy Seminar: IPOV–Respectful Care, a Collective Construction
You are invited to take part in this online seminar, designed as a space for dialogue and co-construction. Tuesday 13 January 2026, 16:00–17:30 (CET).
Obstetric violence, low natality rates, maternal deaths and misogyny
A critical reflection on how panic over declining birth rates fuels misogynistic narratives, obscures maternal deaths, and connects to the structural roots of obstetric violence.
Obstetric violence, rights, and knowledge
The coordination between Nacer con Amor and IPOV researchers (UDELAR(6) – San Isidro Mother and Child Hospital) makes it possible to envision a shared regional horizon: building a Latin American pedagogy of respectful childbirth that draws on local knowledge, territorial experiences, and the transformative power of healthcare teams.
Use of the Term ‘Obstetric Violence’
To define is to establish or to describe what something is or should be. There are already many different definitions that establish or decide how respectful birth should be. Instead of copying those definitions, we offer 5 points of consideration that will be useful when choosing between these existing definitions or developing our own for the IPOV Project. This reflects part of that process.
Obstetric violence and the judicialisation of maternal health rights violations in Mexico
In this post, members of the Obstetric Violence Reading Group reflect on Paola Sesia’s chapter titled “Naming, framing and shaming through obstetric violence: A critical approach to judicialisation of maternal health rights violations in Mexico” in Gamlin, J et al (eds) Critical Medical Anthropology: Perspectives in and from Latin America (2020) 222-247.
HIV, Gender and Respectful Birth: Dismantling Stigma and Guaranteeing Rights in Perinatal Care
This article examines, from a gender and human rights perspective, how these forms of violence emerge in perinatal care, how they affect the emotional and clinical experience of women living with HIV, and which institutional and cultural transformations are needed to build a fully respectful and inclusive model of care.
Third Consortium Meeting of the European project IPOV – RESPECTFUL CARE at URV
On 16 January 2026, from 15:00 to 19:00, the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV, Tarragona) will organise the Third Consortium Meeting of the European project IPOV – RESPECTFUL CARE (International Platform on Obstetric Violence & Respectful Care), funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Staff Exchanges (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-Staff Exchange, Grant Agreement No. 101130141).
Psycho-Neuro-Endocrine Immunology (PNEI) of Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum
Understanding the psycho-neuro-endocrine phenomena of birth to prevent the use of the 'Force Paradigm' in childbirth care.
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Project IPOV RESPECTFULCARE has received funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-MSCA-2022-Staff Exchange programme. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.