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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.
Birth Scars, a manual on birth scars, body memory and obstetric trauma
The European project IPOV – Respectful Care welcomes the publication of Cicatrici di Nascita / Birth Scars, the new manual by Anna Maria Rossetti, from the Scuola Elementale di Arte Ostetrica and member of the IPOV project, dedicated to birth scars, body memory and traumatic birth experiences.
34th ICM Triennial Congress to promote respectful midwifery models
The EU-funded IPOV – Respectful Care project will present the workshop “Eradicating obstetric violence by promoting respectful midwifery models: A 90-minute role-play workshop emerging from the EU-funded IPOV project” at the 34th ICM Triennial Congress. The session will take place on Wednesday, 17 June, from 14:00 to 15:30, in room 1.07.
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.