Table 1 Head-to-head (direct) comparison of two frameworks defining rights of women during childbirth
Categories of Respectful Care during Childbirth Identified | White ribbon alliance [20]: Respectful Maternity Care: The Universal Rights of Childbearing Women (White Ribbon Alliance) | Khosla et al. [23]: International Human Rights and the Mistreatment of Women during Childbirth (World Health Organization) |
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RMC I. Right to be free from harm (violence, torture, harmful practices) and ill treatment (physical, sexual and verbal abuse) | Freedom from harm and ill treatment | Right to be free from violence |
Right to be free from torture and other ill-treatment | ||
Right to be free from practices that harm women and girls | ||
RMC II. Right to dignity and respect | Dignity, respect | Â |
RMC III. Right to information, informed consent and refusal, and respect for choices and preferences, including the right to companionship of choice wherever possible | Right to information, informed consent and refusal, and respect for choices and preferences, including the right to companionship of choice wherever possible | Right to information |
RMC IV. Right to privacy and confidentiality | Confidentiality, privacy | Right to privacy |
RMC V. Right to non-discrimination, equality and equitable care | Equality, freedom from discrimination, equitable care | Right to non-discrimination |
RMC VI. Right to timely healthcare and to the highest attainable level of health | Right to timely healthcare and to the highest attainable level of health | Right to health |
RMC VII. Right to liberty, autonomy, self-determination, and freedom from coercion | Liberty, autonomy, self-determination, and freedom from coercion | Â |
Excluded: not a provider-level obligation | Â |
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Excluded: not during childbirth | Â |
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