A mixed-method study in East Delhi, India highlights how abuse is often normalized within the community and the urgent need for Respectful Maternity Care.

ICM affirms every woman's right to a birth companion of choice throughout labour, birth, and postnatal care, in all settings and modes of birth. Urges policymakers, facilities, and midwives to end non-evidence-based restrictions and enshrine this right.

A new mixed-methods study looks at how counselling, consent, and debriefing for cesarean sections actually play out across hospitals in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh in India. Offers critical evidence for strengthening respectful CCD practices in maternal care systems.

An evidence round-up mapping how RMC is and isn't being taught to pre-service health workers — a useful reference for ARMCC members working on training and curriculum design.

Synthesizing 17 studies across 15 LMICs, including India and Nepal, this review shows how caste, poverty, age, and marital status compound to shape a woman's experience of RMC, and offers a conceptual model linking these factors to concrete accountability measures.