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diciembre 9, 2025

Obstetric violence and the judicialisation of maternal health rights violations in Mexico

In this post, members of the Obstetric Violence Reading Group reflect on Paola Sesia’s chapter titled “Naming, framing and shaming through obstetric violence: A critical approach to judicialisation of maternal health rights violations in Mexico” in Gamlin, J et al (eds) Critical Medical Anthropology: Perspectives in and from Latin America (2020) 222-247.
diciembre 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.
diciembre 3, 2025

Third Consortium Meeting of the European project IPOV – RESPECTFUL CARE

On 16 January 2026, from 15:00 to 19:00, the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV, Tarragona) will host the Third Consortium Meeting of the European project IPOV – RESPECTFUL CARE (International Platform on Obstetric Violence & Respectful Care)
noviembre 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.
noviembre 15, 2025

Salud mental perinatal y violencia obstétrica: tensiones, impactos y horizontes reparadores

Obstetric violence and perinatal mental health are intertwined phenomena that have gained visibility within interdisciplinary research on human rights, gender and public health. Within the IPOV project (International Platform on Obstetric Violence), which seeks to develop global conceptual frameworks and strategies to address obstetric violence, it is crucial to explore how these experiences affect the psychological well-being of women, pregnant people, their babies and families, as well as the possible practices of reparation.
noviembre 8, 2025

El cuerpo sabe, el espacio acompaña

El cuerpo sabe, el espacio acompaña Hospital Municipal Materno-Infantil de San Isidro (HMMISI), ArgentinaNoviembre de 2025 Autores InstituciónHospital Municipal Materno-Infantil de San Isidro (HMMISI) Relato de […]
octubre 28, 2025

Restorative Justice in Childbirth

Restorative justice is an approach to justice focused on repairing the harm caused to the victim through the active participation of both the victim and the responsible party, in contrast to the traditional punitive paradigm.
octubre 22, 2025

IPOV fosters dialogue on mental health and obstetric violence at the First Latin American Congress on Perinatal Mental Health

As part of the First Latin American Congress on Perinatal Mental Health, held from 15–18 October 2025 in Viña del Mar, Chile, the symposium “Mental Health and Obstetric Violence: From First-Person Experiences to Integral Interventions” was coordinated by two members of the IPOV – Respectful Care project: Dr. Carolina Farías (University of the Republic, Uruguay) and Dr. María Fernanda González (National University of Entre Ríos, Argentina).