Ornella Urpis

Ornella Urpis

women, health and democracy

Italy

European project Interreg Italy-Slovenija 2014-2020, Call 4/2016 Axis 4 “Cross-border network
for migrant women: social integration, sexual and reproductive health” (www.interreg-integra.eu) of the Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Trieste (Lead partner),
I.R.C.C.S. Maternal Infant Burlo Garofolo, Univerza na Primorsken (Faculty of Medical Sciences of the Littoral-Koper), Postojna Hospital. Analysis of the database of the Maternal Infant Hospital Burlo Garofolo and collection of qualitative material for a research on migrant families and reproductive health. https://dispes.units.it/it/trasferimento-conoscenza/node/21586

Project on “Social integration and sexual and reproductive health of migrant women in Friuli Venezia Giulia. The role of culture and family traditions” within the collaboration agreement between the Department of Political and Social Sciences (UniTS) and IRCCS Maternal Infant Hospital Burlo Garofolo. The research consisted in a collection of data through qualitative tools, in- -depth interviews and focus groups to migrant women who access the gynecology and obstetrics services of the Burlo Garofolo Hospital of Trieste and who come from countries where the maintenance of some cultural models prevents the exercise the right to sexual and reproductive health of women, with particular reference to the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriages.https://dispes.units.it/it/ricerca/ambiti/gruppi/15500