'Precarization of Labour and Obstetric Racism' -Work Meeting coordinated by Carolina Magalhães Heringer and Ana Cristina Oliveira de Oliveira

The working meeting titled 'Precarization of Labour and Obstetric Racism' will take place on 9 Februray 2026, at Iscte, Building 4, Room A104, from 3.00 PM to 6.00 PM.

The joint working session bringing together researchers and postgraduate students, aims to critically analyze the relationships between the precarization of labour, structural racism, and the reproductive health of Black women regarding obstetric violence.

The session will address labour exploitation in relation to the dynamics of capitalist accumulation, contemporary labour, and obstetric racism.

The first thematic axis will discuss how labour, class, gender, and race operate as structural elements of capitalism, emphasizing their current expressions in the production and reproduction of social labour relations.

The second axis will further the analysis regarding health and motherhood in a context of racialized capitalism, examining the extreme materialization of these inequalities through the phenomenon of obstetric racism.

Free admission subject to registration here

Registration Deadline: 6 February.

Certificates of attendance will be issued

Coordination:

Ana Cristina Oliveira de Oliveira Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Visiting Researcher) at DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte (2025–2026) and at the Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil). Professor at the Department of Social Work and the Postgraduate Programme in Social Work and Regional Development at the School of Social Work, Federal University of Fluminense (ESS/UFF/Brazil). Coordinator of the Permanent Study and Research Group on Labour, the Social Question, and Social Work (ESS/UFF, Brazil). Member of the Centre for Studies and Research on Social Theory, Labour, and Social Work (NUTSS/UFF). Coordinator of the Centre for Housing and Urban Studies and Projects at the Federal University of Fluminense (NEPHU/UFF).

Carolina Magalhães Heringer Doctoral internship (visiting PhD candidate) at the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra (UC). PhD candidate in Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health (Public Health) at the Fernandes Figueira Institute (IFF/Fiocruz – RJ/Brazil). Member of the Laboratory for Social Studies on Childbirth (Nascer.pt - CIES-IUL/Iscte)