In recent years it has become clear that the State is perpetrating violence against pregnant women through health services. This particular form of GBV includes assault during childbirth, unconsented to, and forced medical procedures for example, sterilisation and hysterectomy when women seek health care during pregnancy. This form of GBV results in the constraint of individuals capability to have children safely and with dignity. The assault and neglect of women during pregnancy and childbirth can result in preventable maternal death, neonatal disability and newborn death. The United Nations calls this preventable maternal mortality GBV, perhaps we can also call it femicide. To begin to integrate and align sexual and reproductive health into the response to GBVF and into the 6 Pillars focus areas of the National Strategic Plan on GBVF (NSP GBVF), the following key approaches will take the abuse faced by pregnant persons more seriously.
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maternal “The assault and neglect of women during pregnancy and childbirth can result in preventable maternal death, neonatal disability and newborn death. The United Nations calls this preventable maternal mortality GBV, perhaps we can also call it femicide.” obstetric violence Dec 2022 | Collective Action Magazine
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