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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.
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.
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.
Introducing the roundtable series on Emerging Human Rights Standards on Obstetric Violence
Desarrollo de la Carta IPOV sobre Derechos Humanos en el Parto Presentación de la serie de mesas redondas sobre estándares emergentes de derechos humanos en materia […]
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.
IPOV – Respectful Care supports an activity on respectful, safe and humanised perinatal care
IPOV – Respectful Care supports an activity on respectful, safe and humanised perinatal care during Respectful Birth Month
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.
The Aesthetics of Birth and Obstetric Violence: An Interdisciplinary Reading from Art, Philosophy and Medicine
Through a dialogue between medicine, philosophy, anthropology and contemporary art, the article suggests that childbirth cannot be understood solely as a clinical event to be measured and controlled, but also as a bodily, perceptual, symbolic and aesthetic experience.
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.