Decriminalizing Childbirth
Power dynamics in Hungarian birthing care – a paper for Eurozine by Réka Kinga Papp
Power dynamics in Hungarian birthing care – a paper for Eurozine by Réka Kinga Papp
Colloquially, prostitution is thought of as the oldest profession in the world – but it isn’t. Midwifery is. Modern medicine, however, has suppressed midwives in order to gain exclusive access to the birthing business. Réka Kinga Papp’s piece on the power struggles between midwifery and...
According to popular knowledge, giving a money envelope to the doctors is compulsory, and it’s only a matter of sheer luck how you’ll be treated at the hospital. At the same time, Ágnes Geréb, the pioneer of extra-institutional deliveries is hailed both as a patron saint and a charlatan. Titled...
Mindegy mit mondok, a kommentelők úgyis azt fogják hallani, amit előre elképzeltek. És ez rendjén is van így. [SAME IN ENGLISH!] Whatever I say, commenters will hear what they already imagined. And it’s alright.
15 years of advocacy has brought about personal tragedies and quite some empowerment. Yet legislation has only worsened and the authorities keep harassing those selling sex. The Association of Hungarian Sex Workers celebrated their 15th birthday with a march down historic venues of street...
[SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH] Nyakó Júlia szereplésével kisjátékfilmet készített a Szexmunkások Érdekvédelmi Egyesülete, amelyben a saját gyűjtésükből származó példákat mutatnak be arra, mennyi erőszakot kell elszenvedjenek a lakásban dolgozó szexmunkások is. Szexmunka céljára tilos lakást bérbe...
She was beaten to pulp, tried to file a report with the police, was humiliated instead for doing sex work. Street working sex workers get misdemeanor tickets worth hundreds of thousands of euros, on petty grounds such as littering or standing in the wrong place. The legistation actually enables...
Fearing the consequences they wouldn’t come out as sex workers, so they marched covering their faces with red umbrellas on the 15th anniversary demonstration of Association of Hungarian Sex Workers. Ágnes Földi, chairwoman of SZEXE sayes they sense no progress made in 15 years. Boglárka...
Réka Kinga Papp is thankful to tyrannic prime minister Viktor Orbán for shaking up the usually strongly depoliticized Hungarain population. She awaits meeting him in the depths of hell.