Posted on September 4, 2012, Tuesday

SUPPORT US: Siow (centre), together with Wishesland treasurer Desmond Hii (right) and volunteer Doris Ng highlight the flyers for Freedom of Birth.

KUCHING: Wishesland and The Gentle Birthing Group Malaysia will be screening Freedom for Birth, a new documentary that reframes childbirth as the most pressing global human rights issue today.

The show will start at 7.30pm on Sept 20 at Inti College Sarawak. Admission is free. To make a reservation, call 082-252210 or 019-8891093.

Made by British filmmakers Toni Harman and Alex Wakeford, Freedom for Birth tells the story of Agnes Gereb, a Hungarian midwife who was jailed for supporting women giving birth at home.

Anna Ternovsky, one of the home-birth mothers, took her country to the European Court of Human Rights and won a landmark case that has major implications for childbirth around the world.

The Ternovsky vs Hungary ruling in 2010 means that every birthing woman in Europe has the legal right to decide where and how she gives birth, said filmmaker Harman.

Across the world, it means that if a woman feels like her human rights are being violated because her birth choices are not being fully supported, she could use the power of the law to protect those rights.

With the release of the documentary, the filmmakers hope to bring awareness to millions of women about their legal rights and spark a revolution in maternity care across the world.

In fact, we are calling this the Mothers Revolution, said Harman.

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