Marek Szilvasi

Purpose This paper aims to draw attention to the global infringement of reproductive rights of Indigenous and racialised Peoples. Design/methodology/approach Narrative literature review. Description and comparative analysis of examples of forced sterilisation. Findings Large-scale sterilisation campaigns were identified in three different regions...

The COVID19 pandemic has caused a global emergency and taken a drastic toll on people’s lives. With the approval of the first vaccines by European Medicines Agency (EMA) at the end of 2020, European governments have been rushing to introduce vaccination roll-out plans. Under various national circumstances (often in a competition with political, cul...

( N Engl J Med . 2019;381(7):593–596) In this Perspective article, the authors provided 2 case studies of women who faced reproductive injustices, explained the reproductive-justice concept, and discussed the need for policies and practices that address these injustices and advocate for the compassionate and individually targeted care of pregnant w...

Audio Interview Interview with Dr. Kelly Knight on reproductive injustice and actions clinicians can take to prevent disparities in reproductive health outcomes. (15:58)Download After a stillbirth, a California woman with an opioid use disorder hears clinicians questioning her fitness for reproduction. During a cesarean delivery, a Romani woman in...

This article contributes to the emerging critiques of inequalities in the access to water by focusing on three inter-related aspects: affordability, accessibility and quality of water. Based on extensive fieldwork, the paper explores the situation in segregated Roma settlements in Slovakia and highlights the critical role of power asymmetries at a...

This article contributes to the emerging critiques of inequalities in the access to water by focusing on three inter-related aspects: affordability, accessibility and quality of water. Based on extensive fieldwork, the paper explores the situation in segregated Roma settlements in Slovakia and highlights the critical role of power asymmetries at a...

The Introduction presents the origins of the new journal "Critical Romani Studies". It discusses why the editors found a new journal. Finally, the paper presents the main features of the new journal.

This paper reviews domestic and international activism seeking justice for Romani and other women harmed by coercive, forced, and involuntary sterilization in the former Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic. Framed by Michel Foucault’s theory of biopower, it summarizes the history of these abuses and describes human rights campaigns involving domestic...