Following reports worldwide, experts are warning that pandemic is pushing back progress on prenatal and maternity care After Denisa’s son was born premature at 26 weeks she was unable to hold him, but spent as much time as possible near his incubator so he could get...
Statement on human rights-based approach to mistreatmentand violence against women in reproductive health services,with a focus on childbirth and obstetric violenceDubravka ŠimonovićSpecial Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences...
KEZMAROK, Slovakia (AP) — Monika Krcova did not want to follow the official guidelines and remain in the hospital in Slovakia for four days after her third baby’s birth. And so she escaped. Like many other Roma, she tells horror stories about giving birth in the...
On February 11, 2020, our son came to the world, prematurely in the 26th gestational week. To this day, he is hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the neonatology department. After giving birth, I tried to spend as much time as possible near the incubator....
Systemic aspects of violations of women’s human rights in birth care provided in healthcare facilities in Slovakia
Women’s Human Rights in Obstetric Care in Healthcare Facilities in Slovakia
Many Slovak women leave the country to give birth in hope that during labor, their human rights will be respected.
After the first screening of Zuzana Limova’s documentary Before I Met You, responses of the Slovak public and authorities are indignation, denial and ridicule.
