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Join HRiC’s Key Stakeholder Advisory Group

HRiC is forming a global network of lawyers, researchers and advocates dedicated to improving maternity care - everywhere. Join us! Human Rights in Childbirth (HRiC) is developing a new strategy to inform our advocacy and strategic direction over the next three...

Terms of Reference: Key Stakeholder Advisory Group (KSAG)

Human Rights in Childbirth (HRiC) is developing a new strategy to inform our advocacy and strategic direction over the next three years. Our goal is to develop a sustainable network of key stakeholders in order to make full use of, and build on, our collective skills...

Forced Sterilisation during Caesarean and Informed Consent – the case of I.V. vs Bolivia

I.V. vs. Bolivia was the first time the Inter-American Court of Human Rights analysed the foundations of the right to informed consent.

Shared Decision Making in Maternity Care

In this article HRiC outlines its opinion on shared decision making and how it relates to human rights, specifically in maternity care.

Report on Rights Violations in Maternity Care During COVID-19

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, HRiC has been collecting reports of disproportionate human rights violations in maternity care. The first set of rights violations have been published in a report (available below) and sent to the United Nations. , The...

Contribute to our Second Report on Violations in Maternity Care during COVID-19

Help us document what is happening taken in maternity care services in your country - send us a submission by Friday, 10 July 2020.The COVID pandemic is having an enormous impact on maternity care around the world. Minute by minute, day by day, practices and norms are...

HRiC informs European Parliament Action on Maternity Care during COVID-19

HRiC has been working with a Member of European Parliament to bring light to some of the problems women throughout Europe and the world are facing in maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Report Rights Violations during COVID-19

Help us document what is happening taken in maternity care services in your country - send us a submission by Friday, 24 April.The COVID pandemic is having an enormous impact on maternity care around the world. Minute by minute, day by day, practices and norms are...

Midwifing Us Through the Epidemic

Now is the time to press our governments and policy makers to support midwifery care in communities as part of policies to address climate change or Green New Deals that are being prepared around the world – to make sure we are well-prepared for the next emergency or pandemic. We ignore midwifery models of care, essential midwifery skills, community and home birth at our peril – future generations will depend on them as part of crisis response.

Communications Volunteer Position

HRiC is seeking a communications volunteer – apply by 30 April 2019!

Call for Abstracts – Africa Summit

We invite abstracts for presentations for a wide variety of topics for the upcoming Human Rights in Childbirth Africa Indaba 2015. HRiC aims to have a wide variety of presentations, from grassroots initiatives, to studies, to art forms that address human rights and maternal care. Please share this call within your organization and to others in your network. Abstracts may be submitted for presentations on panels or workshops.  To see the current program, check the Program tab.

Abstracts may be submitted for oral presentations (including qualitative and/or quantitative research; policy, legal or situation analysis; programme evaluation; innovative initiatives and models). Presentations may be in oral format, as well as film, drama, song, technology micro-labs, skill building workshops, etc.

To submit an abstract, please email the following information to africasummit@humanrightsinchildbirth.org

  1. Author(s) and/or presenter(s) name, location, and organizational affiliation.
  2. Email address of one of the authors for correspondence.
  3. Briefly describe your work or experience related to maternity care and/or maternal and infant health.
  4. Title of Presentation
  5. Panel sub-topic or Conference theme that the submission addresses
  6. Specify the format of the presentation – oral, film, drama, song, demo, etc.
  7. Specify if presentation is for a panel or workshop (other formats/ media may also be proposed if not currently listed on conference webpage).
  8. Presentation Proposal or Abstract (within 350 words)

We welcome presenters from all languages and cultures that can speak to the issues at play in this summit.  Please indicate in your submission if a translator will be required.

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