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it started in 2018 when, in neighbouring croatia, mp ivana nincevic—lesandric made a speech in parliamentthat, i came home and i told my husband what happened to me and i googled it because ijust, at that moment, i wanted to see is there any chance that this happened to someone else? and then i saw that it's something that is normal — it's happening to everyone in 2018. ivana nincevic— lesandric stood up and used the word "uterus", "pain" and "painful procedure" in croatian parliament. daniela drandic from the croatian campaigning organisation parents in action had begun to collect testimonies from women experiencing violence in hospitals. when we think of maternity services, we think of happy mothers and beautiful little babies. but what we weren't thinking about was many of the human rights violations that were happening behind those closed doors. unfortunately, this is something that is quite normal in croatia and throughout the region, and it's something that ivana put on the table. she shone a very striking light on it. i mean, what would i and all of these women should say about our

ivana nincevic—lesandric stood up and used the word "uterus", "pain" and "painful procedure" in croatiana drandic from the croatian campaigning organisation parents in action had begun to collect testimonies from women experiencing violence in hospitals. when we think of maternity services, we think of happy mothers and beautiful little babies. but what we weren't thinking about was many of the human rights violations that were happening behind those closed doors. unfortunately, this is something that is quite normal in croatia and throughout the region, and it's something that ivana put on the table. she shone a very striking light on it. i mean, what would i and all of these women should say about our "awkward" situation? we have a person here coming to you and telling you what she experienced and telling it to you because i want things to change. 0n the back of ivana's speech, women started using the hashtag #breakthesilence to expose abusive treatment during gynaecological procedures. 45 minutes of stitching with no anaesthesia. . i don't want to have more children ever again. - the