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THE ROSES' FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE ROSES REVOLUTION FOUNDER. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY  Dear all, Six years ago and out of my outrage against the Spanish Society of Obstetricians  and Gynaecologists I started a movement of women who will take roses to hospitals and public buildings to tell their stories of obstetric violence.  The movement has grown far beyond anything I could have ever imagined (we know of 31 countries that actively participate).  A couple of years ago while in a conference in Berlin it shocked me to hear so many women from around the world talking with passion about The Roses Revolution and explaining to me (without knowing that I have founded it) why it was so important. It was then when I saw clearly that it was a success for it now belonged completely to the women, the women have found their voice with it, and it was used by many countries to report and fight obstetric violence. And as a midwife explained in a conference using the rose was a healin...