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Manifesto: Não se protege aquilo que se decide não nomear
A recente alteração da Lei n.º 33/2025 representa um grave retrocesso para os direitos das mulheres em Portugal.
Fourth Consortium Meeting in Lisbon
The meeting was organised within the framework of the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Staff Exchanges programme, under grant agreement No. 101130141. It brought together members of the international IPOV consortium to review the progress of the project, share scientific results, strengthen coordination between work packages and establish the next steps in the prevention of obstetric violence and the promotion of respectful maternity care.
Guillermo Javier De Cicco will offer two conferences on the history and physiology of birth during his IPOV secondment at Vall d’Hebron
As part of the IPOV – RESPECTFUL CARE project, Guillermo Javier De Cicco, researcher and obstetrician at the Maternal and Child Hospital of San Isidro, Argentina, will offer two conferences during his secondment at the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute – VHIR in Barcelona, Spain.
IPOV RESPECTFULCARE secondments strengthen collaboration on maternal care training in Porto
Patrizia Quattrocchi (UNIUD, Italy) and Anna Maria Rossetti (SEAO, Italy) were welcomed for their secondments at UTERUS–GIMNOGRÁVIDA in Porto, Portugal, by Isabel Ferreira and Diana Lopes, as part of the interdisciplinary and intersectoral staff exchange activities of the MSCA Staff Exchanges project IPOV RESPECTFULCARE.
Reflective videos by early-stage researchers: Ilaria Mariani
The video documents Ilaria Mariani’s secondment at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) in Tarragona, Spain, within the framework of the European project IPOV – RESPECTFUL CARE, funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Staff Exchanges programme.
Reflective videos by early-stage researchers: Alba Crespo
As part of the public deliverable Production of reflective videos by early-stage researchers during secondments, IPOV – RESPECTFUL CARE presents this short reflective video featuring Alba Crespo, midwife, sexologist and couples therapist at Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, affiliated with the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR).
Birth as a frontier: obstetric violence, neonatal experience, and the silences of the system
El nacimiento es un acontecimiento profundamente humano que, lejos de ser un mero acto biológico, constituye una escena donde se inscriben marcas neurofisiológicas, emocionales y simbólicas que acompañarán a la díada madre-bebé durante toda la vida.
nascer.pt scientific session on respectful obstetric care and relational care in birth
Lisbon, June 2026. As part of the scientific visit of Carina Leiva, from IPOV and the Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, Argentina, and Ivana Cecilia Iriarte, from IPOV and Hospital San Isidro, Argentina, to the Laboratory for Social Studies on Birth — nascer.pt, a new scientific session will be held on respectful models of obstetric care and the institutionalisation of relational care in birth.
Philosophy of Birth: Obstetric Violence and Reparation
An international seminar in Madrid will bring together researchers from philosophy, feminist studies, public health and perinatal mental health to address obstetric violence, reproductive justice and respectful care, with a special focus on María Fernanda González’s IPOV secondment stay.
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.