July 20, 2026
A recente alteração da Lei n.º 33/2025 representa um grave retrocesso para os direitos das mulheres em Portugal.
July 12, 2026
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.
July 6, 2026
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.
July 2, 2026
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.
June 17, 2026
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.
June 8, 2026
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.
June 1, 2026
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.
May 31, 2026
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.
May 28, 2026
PART THREE: How the CEDAW Committee has progressively recognised obstetric violence as a human rights issue, from maternal health cases involving preventable harm and discrimination to recent decisions that define obstetric violence, clarify State obligations, and confirm that States remain responsible for preventing and responding to violations in both public and private healthcare settings.