Human Rights Watch: Obstetric Violence Is Gender-Based Violence. It's Time the Law Recognized It.
September 16, 2025
September 16, 2025
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news:
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Obstetric Violence Is Gender-Based Violence. It's Time the Law Recognized It.
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For centuries, women worldwide have experienced violence in their homes at the hands of intimate partners with no or very little legal recourse. I witnessed this firsthand.
In 1990, when I worked at a legal aid office in Santiago, Chile, a woman sou . . .
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Obstetric Violence Is Gender-Based Violence. It's Time the Law Recognized It.
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For centuries, women worldwide have experienced violence in their homes at the hands of intimate partners with no or very little legal recourse. I witnessed this firsthand.
In 1990, when I worked at a legal aid office in Santiago, Chile, a woman sou . . .