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Published in: 50.50: OpinionCOVID-19 shows how dangerous it is to neglect midwives and community careDiverse forms of healthcare services allow for adaptation – essential in a crisis – so we must reinstate and...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationIndigenous women report racism and neglect in COVID-19 Canada childbirthBirth workers say pandemic policies have ignored the needs of pregnant Indigenous women, leaving them with...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionMistreated pregnant women deserve more than your outrageA meaningful response to obstetric violence requires political will from policy-makers and accountability for...
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Published in: 50.50Aid donors ‘disturbed’ by reports of childbirth violationsFollowing openDemocracy revelations of WHO childbirth guidelines being flouted around the world, major donors...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationInteractive: What women are telling us about childbirth in COVID-19Our team of feminist investigative journalists is documenting abuses of women’s rights during COVID-19. We need your...
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Published in: 50.50Meet Alabama’s feminist doctor protecting women giving birth under COVID-19Their rights are being sidelined during the pandemic. But at Jesanna Cooper’s hospital, she’s fighting to always put...
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Published in: 50.50Higher risks, little support: Giving birth while Black and Asian in COVID-19 England
Women of colour are at higher risk of dying in childbirth and because of coronavirus. But the NHS has been slow to respond.
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Published in: 50.50UK government criticised for 'inconsistent' restrictions on pregnant women’s check-upsMaternal health advocates demand answers after pubs and shops reopen but some women in England’s least-hit areas are...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationHow has COVID-19 affected women's rights during childbirth? Help us track this globallySince the pandemic started, we've been documenting cases of abuse and mistreatment of women in labour around the...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationVenezuelan women give birth in ‘hell’ amid COVID-19 and economic collapseGiving birth in Venezuela was already ‘Dantesque’, say experts. But with COVID-19 it’s even getting worse. This is...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationTop doctors and lawyers condemn ‘shocking’ treatment of women in childbirth during COVID-19Exclusive: openDemocracy investigation reveals ‘traumatic’ incidents defying WHO guidelines in 45 countries – as...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationAfrican governments warned of lawsuits for maternal deaths under COVID-19 lockdownsExclusive: Women have died or suffered unsafe births after transport bans, while hospitals report rising equipment shortages.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationWomen are being forced to give birth ‘alone’, in post-lockdown Armenia and UkraineAcross Eurasia, women have reported mistreatment that defies World Health Organization guidelines – and national policies.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationWomen across Latin America ‘under pressure’ to have C-sections during COVID-19Women are facing an ‘obstetric violence’ crisis made worse by the pandemic, despite laws against mistreatment and...
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Published in: 50.50: Investigation'No woman should be treated how I was in childbirth'
How has COVID-19 affected women's rights during childbirth? Watch this 3-minute film.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationInfant formula companies are ‘exploiting’ COVID-19 pandemicCompanies are accused of using COVID-19 to push their products, including targeting parents’ ‘fears of infection’.
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Published in: 50.50‘You have to be alone’: Romanian women recount traumatic COVID pregnanciesIn Romania, government guidelines contravene advice from the World Health Organisation – with women outside the...
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Published in: 50.50A homebirth seemed like the only option
I have just given birth to my second child – but at home instead of in hospital. There wasn’t a hair on my head that...
