Resources
Join the RMC Global Council
The White Ribbon Alliance, in conjunction with the Global Sectariat, produced the Respectful Maternity Care Charter, which is a global campaign to promote a clear standard for RMC, rooted in international human rights. Contact the White Ribbon Alliance to learn more or email us at heard@urc-chs.com
View the White Ribbon Alliance’s RMC Charter on the Universal Rights of Women and Newborns here (brochure) and here (poster).
Timeline of Key Events (click to enlarge)
RMC Tanzania Overview (English)
RMC Tanzania Overview (Swahili)
Global Research and Advocacy Links
- Respectful Maternity Care Resources, a repository of respectful maternity care resources that was established under the TRAction project that includes a Wiki where researchers, programmers, advocates, and implementors can share evidence and experience as well as a database to easily identify local, national and international RMC partners and allies.
- A beta version of an information sharing platform for respectful and compassionate care resources specific to Tanzania.
- The White Ribbon Alliance’s Global Council resource repository is available here.
- WHO Resources on Guidelines and Standards, Research, and the Statement on Ending Disrespect and Abuse
Select Partner Publications
Research
- A Rapid Review of Available Evidence to Inform Indicators for Routine Monitoring and Evaluation of Respectful Maternity Care
- Community and health system intervention to reduce disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Tanga Region, Tanzania: A comparative before-and-after study
- The effect of a multi-component intervention on disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Kenya
- Modeling the relationship between women’s perceptions and future intention to use institutional maternity care in the Western Highlands of Guatemala
- Implementation science approaches to family planning and reproductive health: Experiential learning and sharing for implementers, policymakers, researchers, and advocates
- Exploring Evidence for Disrespect and Abuse in Facility-Based Childbirth: Report of a Landscape Analysis
Commentaries
- A call for collaboration on respectful, person-centered health care in family planning and maternal health
- Confronting the culture of care: a call to end disrespect, discrimination, and detainment of women and newborns in health facilities everywhere
- Defining disrespect and abuse of women in childbirth: a research, policy and rights agenda
- East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community: Translating Evidence to Policy in Support of Respectful Maternity Care
- Violence against female health workers is tip of iceberg of gender power imbalances
Additional Project Resources
- General Background Brief
- HEARD RMC Overview Brief
- HEARD’s RMC Theory of Change
- HEARD’s RMC Tanzania Theory of Change
- TRAction RMC Effort Brief