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Rodante van der Waal (she/they, 1992) has a PhD in Feminist Philosophy (Care Ethics) and is an independent midwife in Amsterdam. They have a BA in midwifery, and a BA and MA in Philosophy (cum laude) from the University of Amsterdam. Their PhD got awarded with the price for best feminist dissertation in the Netherlands in 2022-2025 by Feministisch Cultuurfonds. Their research focus is on obstetric violence, abortion, midwifery and reproductive justice from feminist, decolonial, abolitionist, and care ethics perspectives. They are the author of the book Birth Justice: From Obstetric Violence to Abolitionist Care (Routledge). Their articles and poems have been published in Hypathia, Violence Against Women, Social Text, Feminist Theory, PLOS one, Frontiers, Angelaki, Agenda, Feminist Anthropology, Birth, Nursing Ethics, Trouw, NRC, Jacobin, de Gids, Tirade, nY, Samplekanon, Deus ex Machina, ILFU and Medisch Contact. In 2025 they published the Dutch book Baas in eigen buik. Een essay over reproductieve rechtvaardigheid (Nijgh & Van Ditmar), which got nominated for the Socratesbeker 2026 for the best philosophy book of 2025 and the Hypatia price for the beste feminist philosophy book.

Independent Midwife at Midwives Van der Hoopstraat, Amsterdam.