The "Maternity, not a slaughterhouse" protest will be held today at 16:30 p.m., in Nemanjina Street. Ana Ninković from "Women's Solidarity" told "Vreme" that it is crucial that the Ministry of Health does something, because it is obvious that only sharing experiences, private lawsuits and individual ways of fighting are not enough.
Yesterday, the confession of a woman in labor from Sremska Mitrovica who was a victim of obstetric violence because of which she lost her child during childbirth appeared. Unfortunately, she is one of many with such an experience. After that news, the informal feminist collective "Women's Solidarity" called for a protest in front of the Ministry of Health.
The protest "Maternity, not a slaughterhouse" will be held today at 16:30 pm in Nemanjina Street, in front of the Ministry.
Ana Ninković from "Women's Solidarity" told "Vreme" that it is necessary to put pressure on institutions through the media, protests and that the Ministry of Health is key because it is obvious that only sharing experiences, private lawsuits and individual ways of fighting are not enough.
"We are gathering in front of the Ministry of Health and since we are organizing everything in less than 24 hours, the unofficial information is that if the women who had that experience want to share it, we will give them space to do so," says Ninković and adds that in addition share the requests to the institutions, not only in connection with yesterday's case, but in general in connection with the problem of obstetric violence.
He goes on to say that he will formulate the requests with the help of a lawyer during the day and that he will announce them on the networks.
It concerns us all.
In the context of the fact that today is a working day, tomorrow is a day of celebration and thinking about how many people will gather today, Ninković says that the issue of obstetric violence concerns us all.
"Wherever you are on the scale of political commitment, left or right, traditional, conservative or liberal, wherever you are in some ideological and social sense, this concerns all of us, on a human level," emphasizes our interlocutor and adds that it is only about the dignity of pregnant women, it is about their lives and the lives of newborns.
Some solutions
In addition to putting pressure on institutions and punishing violence, Ninković also states that it is important to trust women when they come forward with the experience of obstetric violence.
"We see that in the last few years more and more women are sharing their experiences." It's good that they share it. The fact that they go public more does not mean that there is more violence and that it was not there before, but that they were encouraged to tell their story," concludes Ninković.
She points to frequent comments on social networks such as "my grandmother gave birth in a field", to which one of the users of social networks replied that she would rather give birth in a field because there is no one there to insult and beat her.
He cites another comment from social networks: "It is known that one does not go to childbirth without an envelope." He says that, in addition to everything else, it is necessary to denormalize bribery and underpayment of doctors, because "it's so normal for everyone, and it's anything but normal."
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