BBCNEWS The Midwifes Confession September 22, 2024
Hakiya was the first of the midwives to speak plainly on camera. After she spoke up, other midwives found the courage to tell their stories. In the 90s, this would work for an ngo that worked with the midwives and encouraged by the training they had received, this small group of midwives saved at least five baby girls. We were working in partnership, documenting cases of infanticide. She helped save at least one of those babies and centre to an adoption agency in pune. We were on our way to meet monica. Medha remembers that before she was adopted and called monica by her new parents, the baby ...