I am a pacifist. So much so I truly believe peace should be a human right, not a rare commodity to fight for or a luxury that depends on money, politics, age and gender. And because of this belief I can't comprehend the abuse and injustice some humans are subjected to in their lifetime. It affects me deeply. In my field - birth - there is injustice too. And it’s a big one. Because money, politics, age and gender discrimination continue to prevent peace for some of us on this planet during our lifetimes. Women call me, text me or email me to tell me how abusively they have been treated during labour. I work for free as a volunteer at Sheila Kitzinger's Birth Crisis which means my phone number is advertised to women who need to tell their traumatic birth stories. My work there led me to set up a twin organisation in Spain (Escuchando con el Corazón). Then the Society of Spanish Obstetricians and Gynaecologists published a comic strip in their journal in which...
La feminista que hablaba de partos. La madre que hablaba de feminismo. La espectadora madre y feminista.