Pakistani women and maternity care: raising muted voices.

Raising Voices and Choices Through Education

This brief article posits that the drive to privatize public services in the US (United States) coupled with growing economic inequality are now so extreme that they threaten a cornerstone of American liberal democracyquality public education. The argument rests on the assumption that there is such a concept as “the public good”. This idea of civic-mindedness is used to contrast examples from ...

Maternity care and Human Rights: what do women think?

BACKGROUND A human rights approach to maternal health is considered as a useful framework in international efforts to reduce maternal mortality. Although fundamental human rights principles are incorporated into legal and medical frameworks, human rights have to be translated into measurable actions and outcomes. So far, their substantive applications remain unclear. The aim of this study is to...

Adding women's voices to the call for sustainable rural maternity care.

The shortage of maternity care providers in Canada has been documented largely from the perspective of physicians. Women in rural communities, however, have much to contribute to this discussion. Exploratory research in 3 rural communities in south central Ontario eliciting the perspectives of 36 birthing women has affirmed the need for integrated models of maternity care. Rural women seek care...

Alternative models to provide maternity care for low-risk women

Experiencing maternity care: the care received and perceptions of women from different ethnic groups

BACKGROUND According to the Office for National Statistics, approximately a quarter of women giving birth in England and Wales are from minority ethnic groups. Previous work has indicated that these women have poorer pregnancy outcomes than White women and poorer experience of maternity care, sometimes encountering stereotyping and racism. The aims of this study were to examine service use and ...