As women and as mothers, it is our duty to emphasize our competencies and skills in childbirth and to fight for our rights to demand respect for our own bio-psychosocial-cultural-spiritual and existential process of giving birth, which is both unique and miraculous.
Expected Objectives during the assignment period:
The development of new skills and the exchange of experience through research activities, training, knowledge exchange and transfer, dissemination, and communication. Collaboration with a team of researchers and experienced experts in their respective fields, coming from diverse professional and cultural backgrounds, both academic and non-academic; as well as the production of materials and data collection.
Key Research Areas:
Maternal and reproductive health and policies, obstetric violence, gender health issues, intercultural health, qualitative methods in health research.
Significant Contributions to the Scientific Community:
Researching in the area of sexual and reproductive health, with a special interest in respectful childbirth and producing educational materials.
Expectations regarding your contribution to the project:
There is a need for a reassessment of policies, practices, and collective imagination surrounding childbirth, with a focus on a more physiological and respectful approach to the process.
Motivation to participate in the Horizon Europe project:
As a researcher, I contribute to the implementation of a maternal care model that is more respectful of the needs and expectations of mothers, babies, and families.