Ob-Gyn Violence

Obstetric and gynecological violence represents one of the most neglected forms of violence against women.
Difficult to define by the law, challenging to detect in daily practices, hard to prove and sanction before domestic and supranational Courts.
Although violence against women gained increasing legal resonance in the past few decades, obstetric and gynecological violence remains at the periphery of the constitutional and human rights law debate.
The book intends to shed light on the intersection among women’s human rights, violence, and reproductive rights, examining how and to what extent women are exposed to human rights violations and abuse in the exercise of
their right to private life, sexual health, and reproduction.
Interlacing the legal and medical perspectives, the book aims to offer a national, comparative, and supranational analysis while paving the way to legislative mechanisms to effectively tackle obstetric and gynecological violence in the global scenario.

Marilisa D’Amico, PhD, is full professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Milan, Department of Italian and supranational public law. She teaches Constitutional Law and Women’s Rights in the Constitutional State at the University of Milan. She is a national and international renown leading scholar in the fields of gender studies. She is the author of several monographs, edited books and articles published in scientific journals, among many topics, dedicated to the rights of women, with a key focus on: reproductive rights, particularly about abortion and medically-assisted procreation technologies; women’s political representation, and gender-based violence.

Costanza Nardocci, PhD, is Professor in Constitutional Law, at the University of Milan, Department of Italian and supranational public law. She teaches Gender Justice, Sources of law and fundamental rights in AI, and Women in Tech at the University of Milan. She possesses a long standing expertise in the field of discrimination law and violence against women both domestically and internationally. She is the author of several publications in domestic and international scientific journals, three monographs as well as edited books, including two edited volumes with Professor D’Amico on gender-based violencerelated issues.