May 28, 2026
May 28, 2026
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3. Obstetric violence: the CEDAW Committee’s response

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.
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May 28, 2026
May 28, 2026
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2. Obstetric violence in Inter-American human rights jurisprudence

PART TWO: How the Inter-American human rights system has shaped the legal understanding of obstetric violence, from early case law on informed consent and gender stereotypes to recent rulings that define it as both a form of gender-based violence and a violation of human rights.
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May 28, 2026
May 28, 2026
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1. Introducing the roundtable series on Emerging Human Rights Standards on Obstetric Violence

PART ONE: Introducing IPOV’s roundtable series on emerging human rights standards on obstetric violence: an international process that will contribute to the development of the IPOV Charter on Human Rights in Childbirth, grounded in the latest developments in international and regional human rights law.
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May 27, 2026
May 27, 2026
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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.
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May 25, 2026
May 25, 2026
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IPOV Roundtable for Human Rights in Childbirth

Europe, 25 May 2026. The IPOV – International Platform on Obstetric Violence & Respectful Care project will take part in the upcoming International Roundtable for Human Rights in Childbirth.
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March 29, 2026
Bandelli D, Quattrocchi P. Obstetric violence. In: Biddolph C, Kim J, Perry S, Shepherd LJ, eds. Handbook on Gender and Violence. 2nd ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing; 2026.
March 29, 2026
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Obstetric violence in a major international reference work on gender and violence

Professor Patrizia Quattrocchi, Scientific Coordinator of the project IPOV – International Platform on Obstetric Violence & Respectful Care, has co-authored, together with Daniela Bandelli, the chapter “Obstetric violence” in the collective volume Handbook on Gender and Violence, second edition, an important international reference work in the field of gender and violence studies.
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March 4, 2026
Poster announcing an online webinar titled “Getting started with European research funding (Udelar–INED Paris | IPOV)” with two Zoom sessions: Wednesday 11 March at 10:00 and Thursday 12 March at 18:00, led by Thomas Weis.
March 4, 2026
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Online webinar: Getting started with European research funding (Udelar–INED Paris | IPOV)

Join us for a 40-minute online webinar on how to access European research funding—covering funding basics, proposal writing tips, and building international partnerships. Two identical sessions available: Wed 11 March 10:00 or Thu 12 March 18:00. Speaker: Thomas Weis (international projects expert).
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February 23, 2026
February 23, 2026
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Regional Roundtable “Perinatal Psychology Today: Dialogues between Uruguay, Chile and Argentina

Montevideo, Uruguay — On Friday, 06 March, from 9:00 to 12:00, the Faculty of Psychology (Room 03) will host the regional roundtable “Perinatal Psychology Today: Dialogues between Uruguay, Chile and Argentina”, a space for exchange on current issues related to Perinatal Psychology.
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January 27, 2026
Infographic explaining the origins and research focus of the book Obstetric Violence as Gender Based Violence, based on an Italian PRIN 2022 research project
January 27, 2026
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Obstetric Violence as Gender-Based Violence: what it is, how it is perceived, and how it can be addressed

Ester Massó Guijarro, a member of the IPOV – Respectful Care consortium through the University of Granada, authors the chapter titled Decolonizing Bioethics, Feminizing Public Health: Obstetric Violence as Epistemic Injustice. Her proposal is, in itself, an intervention: it not only describes the phenomenon but examines the conditions that make it possible to recognize it, name it, and transform it.
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