What we do
Galvanize stakeholders to work in concert for the realisation of women’s rights in childbirth.
Everybody working in maternity care shares a common goal: healthy mothers, and healthy babies. Governments, NGOs, and providers are working around the world to help ensure that every woman and baby survives birth.
BUT MORE IS AT STAKE.
Obstetric models of care can either protect or violate the fundamental human rights of the women they serve.
The care that women receive during pregnancy and childbirth intersects with the rights to physical integrity, self-determination, privacy, family life, and spiritual freedom.
WOMEN SHOULD NOT LOSE THEIR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS
…once they become pregnant.
Women’s human rights are compromised and violated around childbirth. Everybody working in maternity care shares a common goal: healthy mothers, and healthy babies. Governments, NGOs, and providers are working around the world to help ensure that every woman and baby survives birth.
WHEN WOMEN COME OUT OF CHILDBIRTH
…with post-partum PTSD from disrespect, abuse, or obstetric violence, the goal of a “healthy mother and healthy baby” has not been met.
In many places in the world, race or ethnic background plays a large role in the care women and families receive. Often times poor, working class, minority, or marginalized peoples receive no care or insufficient care in maternity settings, making maternal and infant mortality higher in these groups. HRiC recognizes these disparities, and works to create change in especially the most marginalized communities.
