Suzanne Veldhuis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5992283 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Suzanne Veldhuis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Suzanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Veldhuis |
| SIGNATURE | VELDHUIS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | El Colegio de la Frontera Sur |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6253-9325 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Feminist care in the centre: Abortion accompaniment practices in Northern Mexico
This study examined how abortion acompañantes - feminist activists who support self-managed medication abortions outside clinical settings - in northern Mexico enact a feminist ethics of care. Through 13 in-depth interviews with feminist activists in the states of Baja California and Chihuahua, we explored how acompañantes seek to redefine abortion care by centring the needs, emotions and contexts of the people they support. Findings show that th…
I need to take care of myself as well”—self‐care strategies of abortion acompañantes in Northern Mexico
This ethnographic study explores the emotional labor and self‐care strategies of feminist abortion acompañantes in Northern Mexico. Operating within restrictive legal environments, acompañantes provide crucial support for self‐managed medication abortions (SMAs), engaging in significant, often invisible, emotional labor. Acompañantes need to balance activism with paid employment and family life, which creates a high risk of burnout, making self‐c…
Sigue siendo un sistema precario”. Barreras de acceso a abortos clínicos: La experiencia de acompañantes en tres regiones mexicanas
El objetivo de esta investigación fue la identificación de las barreras más recurrentes de acceso a abortos en contextos clínicos (clandestinos o legales), desde la perspectiva de acompañantes, activistas feministas que acompañan a mujeres que optaron por abortos autogestionados con medicamentos. Realizamos 14 entrevistas semiestructuradas con acompañantes en tres regiones mexicanas: Baja California y Chiapas, ambos contextos restrictivos, y la C…
Locating Autonomous Abortion Accompanied by Feminist Activists in the Spectrum of Self‐Managed Medication Abortion
Diverse models of self‐managed medication abortion exist—ranging from some interaction with medical personnel to completely autonomous abortion. In this commentary, we propose a new classification of self‐managed medication abortion and describe the different modalities. We highlight autonomous abortion accompanied by feminist activists, called “acompañantes,” as a community‐ and rights‐based strategy that can be a safe alternative to clinical ab…
Laako Hanna y Sánchez-Ramírez Georgina. Midwives in Mexico. Situated Politics, Politically Situated. New York, Routeledge, 2021
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Locating Autonomous Abortion Accompanied by Feminist Activists in the Spectrum of Self‐Managed Medication Abortion
Diverse models of self‐managed medication abortion exist—ranging from some interaction with medical personnel to completely autonomous abortion. In this commentary, we propose a new classification of self‐managed medication abortion and describe the different modalities. We highlight autonomous abortion accompanied by feminist activists, called “acompañantes,” as a community‐ and rights‐based strategy that can be a safe alternative to clinical ab…
Laako Hanna y Sánchez-Ramírez Georgina. Midwives in Mexico. Situated Politics, Politically Situated. New York, Routeledge, 2021
DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community, committed to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone
Sigue siendo un sistema precario”. Barreras de acceso a abortos clínicos: La experiencia de acompañantes en tres regiones mexicanas
El objetivo de esta investigación fue la identificación de las barreras más recurrentes de acceso a abortos en contextos clínicos (clandestinos o legales), desde la perspectiva de acompañantes, activistas feministas que acompañan a mujeres que optaron por abortos autogestionados con medicamentos. Realizamos 14 entrevistas semiestructuradas con acompañantes en tres regiones mexicanas: Baja California y Chiapas, ambos contextos restrictivos, y la C…
Locating Autonomous Abortion Accompanied by Feminist Activists in the Spectrum of Self‐Managed Medication Abortion
Diverse models of self‐managed medication abortion exist—ranging from some interaction with medical personnel to completely autonomous abortion. In this commentary, we propose a new classification of self‐managed medication abortion and describe the different modalities. We highlight autonomous abortion accompanied by feminist activists, called “acompañantes,” as a community‐ and rights‐based strategy that can be a safe alternative to clinical ab…
Feminist care in the centre: Abortion accompaniment practices in Northern Mexico
This study examined how abortion acompañantes - feminist activists who support self-managed medication abortions outside clinical settings - in northern Mexico enact a feminist ethics of care. Through 13 in-depth interviews with feminist activists in the states of Baja California and Chihuahua, we explored how acompañantes seek to redefine abortion care by centring the needs, emotions and contexts of the people they support. Findings show that th…
I need to take care of myself as well”—self‐care strategies of abortion acompañantes in Northern Mexico
This ethnographic study explores the emotional labor and self‐care strategies of feminist abortion acompañantes in Northern Mexico. Operating within restrictive legal environments, acompañantes provide crucial support for self‐managed medication abortions (SMAs), engaging in significant, often invisible, emotional labor. Acompañantes need to balance activism with paid employment and family life, which creates a high risk of burnout, making self‐c…
Abortion (4 works) · Reproductive Health and Contraception (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Pregnancy (2 works)