Table 1: Respectful Maternity Care: Charter on the Universal Rights of Childbearing Women
Tackling Disrespect and Abuse: Seven Rights of Childbearing Women | |
|---|---|
Category of disrespect and abuse | Corresponding right |
Physical abuse | Freedom from harm and ill treatment |
Non-consented care | Right to information, informed consent and refusal, and respect for choices and preferences, including companionship during maternity care |
Non-confidential care | Confidentiality, privacy |
Non-dignified care (including verbal abuse) | Dignity, respect |
Discrimination based on specific attributes | Equality, freedom from discrimination, equitable care |
Abandonment or denial of care | Right to timely healthcare and to the highest attainable level of health |
Detention in facilities | Liberty, autonomy, self-determination, and freedom from coercion |