Description
The Hungarian maternity care system is basically patriarchal in which women are oppressed by the law, which results in discrimination and regular violence against them. Disadvantaged women suffer from a cumulative effect of the system. The project aims at bringing the issue of women’s birth rights to the fore with a focus on disadvantaged women. The project wants to highlight the needs of disadvantaged women, examine the system of care and work towards further research and networking. The project consists five one-day conferences, a round-table discussion followed by workshops. We will promote the one-to-one woman-centered care. Other activities: providing informational and multimedia materials, generating media attention, report to the government. Target groups: disabled women, Roma women, women in straitened circumstances, had a c-section or experienced obstetric violence.
Summary of project results
The Association had realized disadvantaged women suffer from a cumulative effect of the shortcomings of Hungarian maternity care, in which their special needs are completely neglected. The aim of the project was to highlight the situation of these vulnerable groups of women in maternity care. Objectives were: sensitizing professionals; encouraging dialogue that integrates issues of childbirth with sexuality, poverty, ethnicity, disability and gender; facilitating cooperation to find constructive, inclusive, evidence-based solutions; offering a new perspective on reproductive issue advocacy in Hungary that embraces birth rights. The aims, objectives, the planned activities and outputs were fully achieved. The conference on cesarean-section in Hungary was co-funded by Open Society Foundation Budapest. The conclusions of the project and the established professional relations have made a solid base for a new, extended project on equal access to a respectful maternity care.
Summary of bilateral results