Indigenous Birth as Ceremony and a Human Right.
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Birthing can be an empowering experience for women. Within many Indigenous cultures around the world, birth is a ceremony to celebrate new life, acknowledging the passing from the spiritual world into the physical world. While initiatives to "indigenize" health care have been made, this paper argues that the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals contain frameworks for Indigenous rights that include the right to incorporate Indigenous childbirth ceremonies into clinical practice. Examining the importance of birthplace, this paper details a current movement in Manitoba, Canada, to "bring birth home," which recognizes that the determinants of health experienced in the early stages of a child's development can have health implications for an individual's future.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: Ashley Hayward, Jaime Cidro
Institutions: University of Manitoba, The University of Winnipeg
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3174635603