March 4, 2026

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).
February 9, 2026

Ethical dilemma for Moral Case Deliberation (MCD)

Ethical dilemma for Moral Case Deliberation on when “respect” interrupts care, exploring autonomy, newborn rights, and responsibility in safeguarding physiological birth processes.
January 11, 2026

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).
December 6, 2025

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.
December 3, 2025

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).
November 28, 2025

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.
November 8, 2025

The Body Knows, the Space Accompanies

In the heart of a public maternity hospital in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, a multidisciplinary team decided to transform the space where births take place, enhancing the mother’s salutogenic resources stimulated by the environment. This experience, born at the Maternal and Child Hospital of San Isidro, shows that transforming the obstetric care model is possible from within the public system, when there is conviction, care, and a desire for change.
October 20, 2025

The Power of the Visual: How Graphic Recording Helped Synthesize the IPOV Midterm Meeting

During the IPOV Project Midterm Meeting (2025), a strategic collaboration was established between Marta Bariáin Echániz, product engineer and visual facilitator specialised in graphic recording, and the Diseño Social team, led by María Hidalgo Rudilla, responsible for Dissemination and Communication. This process aimed to strengthen IPOV’s visual communication and interdisciplinary knowledge transfer by making project results more accessible, understandable, and reusable.
October 13, 2025

Secondment in Barcelona: Strengthening Collaboration and Advancing Research at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital

IPOV participants Mirjam Lukasse and Enid Leren Myhre (University of South-Eastern Norway) carried out their secondment in Barcelona, hosted by Vanessa Bruno at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital. The stay focused on strengthening institutional collaboration, advancing data analysis, and presenting preliminary results on respectful care in midwifery education — a milestone in the IPOV Horizon MSCA project.