Separated by Force: Afstandsmoeders in the Netherlands

Aug 26 2021 3

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Between 1956 and 1984, thousands of unmarried, pregnant women in the Netherlands were forced to give their babies away. This podcast discovers this dark chapter of Dutch history by hearing the experience of the women as well as the children. Furthermore, legal experts and historians will explain the social situation during that time in order to give attention to the injustice that has been done to Dutch women and their children for decades.

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Producer and presented by Sarah Tekath
Production partner: Stichting Broadcast Amsterdam (https://broadcastamsterdam.nl)

[Photo by Molly Blackbird on Unsplash]

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#18: Mensenhandel en Interlandelijk Adoptie: Ina Hut (NL)

Aug 26 2021 18 mins

Net zoals discriminatie van vrouwen in Nederland en de rest van de wereld nog steeds problematisch is, zo ook het systeem van (internationale) adoptie. Bijna niemand weet dit zo goed als Ina Hut.Van 2003 tot 2009 was zij directeur van Wereldkinderen, een van de grootste adoptiebureaus van Nederland. Tijdens haar periode bij deze organisatie begon ze met onderzoek naar de achtergron

#17: Human Trafficking and Intercountry Adoption: Ina Hut (ENG)

Aug 26 2021 15 mins

Just as discrimination against women in the Netherlands and around the world is still problematic, so can the system of (international) adoption be problematic. Hardly anyone knows this as well as Ina Hut. From 2003 till 2009 she was the Executive Director of the organisation Wereldkinderen, one of the biggest adoption agencies in the Netherlands. During her time at this organisati

#16: Discrimination of women in the Netherlands: Legal advisor Linde Bryk (ENG)

Aug 26 2021 19 mins

In this podcast, we have learned about the discrimination of unmarried pregnant women between 1956 and 1984. Is it now safe to say that things are all good for (pregnant/unmarried) women in the Netherlands? Unfortunately, not quite. There is still a lot of work today. Legal advisor Linde Bryk of Bureau Clara Wichmann explains in this episode, why discrimination of women in the Neth

#15: Onderzoek als Trigger: Psycholoog Dr. Sietske Dijkstra (NL)

Aug 26 2021 38 mins

Deze aflevering gaat in op de aspecten van institutioneel geweld en hertraumatisering van de afstandsmoeders en afstandskinderen in Nederland, aangezien hun reis natuurlijk niet eindigde op het moment dat ze het moeder-baby-huis hebben verlaten. Verschillende situaties in hun leven kunnen aanleiding zijn voor wat er in het verleden is gebeurd.Dr. Sietske Dijkstra is psycholoog en z

#14: Investigation as Trigger: Psychologist Dr. Sietske Dijkstra (ENG)

Aug 26 2021 32 mins

This episode is going to focus on the aspects of institutional violence and retraumatisation of the Afstandsmoeders and Afstandskinderen in the Netherlands as – obviously – their journey did not end the moment they have left the mother-baby-homes. Several situations in their lives can be triggers of what has happened in the past. Dr. Sietske Dijkstra is a psychologist and was w

#13: Forced Separation and Adoption in Ireland: Mareike Graepel, Maggie Corbett and Coldagh Malone (ENG)

Aug 26 2021 70 mins

Also in Ireland women and their children were separated by force. German freelance journalist Mareike Graepel is going to explain in this episode, how the system in Ireland worked and why the catholic church had a crucial part in it. In the second part of this episode, we are going to meet Clodagh Malone who was born in the St. Patrick mother baby home in Dublin as well as Maggie C

#12: Politische Familientrennung in der DDR: Journalistin Anne Klesse und Afstandsmoeder Regina Labahn (DE)

Aug 26 2021 45 mins

‚Kinder waren in der DDR immer politisch‘. In dieser Folge sprechen Journalistin Anne Klesse und Afstandsmoeder und Aktivistin Regina Labahn über das politisch-legitimierte System in der DDR, Familie, die nicht systemtreu waren, die Kinder wegzunehmen und stattdessen in systemtreue Familien zu geben. Anne Klesse hat in 2009 für die Berliner Morgenpost zu DDR-Kindern recherchi

#11: Family Separation in the GDR: Journalist Anne Klesse and Afstandsmoeder Regina Labahn (ENG)

Aug 26 2021 33 mins

'Children were always political in the GDR'. In this episode, journalist Anne Klesse and Afstandsmoeder and activist Regina Labahn talk about the politically legitimized system in the GDR, families who were not loyal to the system, taking their children away and instead giving them to families loyal to the system.Anne Klesse researched GDR children for the Berliner Morgenpost in 20

#10: Afstandskind and Ervaringsdeskundige Dr. Eugénie Smits van Waesberghe (NL)

Aug 26 2021 46 mins

Nadat we ons in de vorige afleveringen hebben gefocust op afstandsmoeders, gaan we het nu hebben over afstandskinderen. Dr. Eugénie Smits van Waesberghe is één van hen. Ze werd geboren in het moeder-kind-tehuis Moederheil in Breda. Ze publiceerde meerdere boeken over afstandsmoeders en afstandskinderen en is als ervaringsdeskundige aanwezig in de Nederlandse media en het lopende

#9: Afstandskind and Ervaringsdeskundige Dr. Eugénie Smits van Waesberghe (ENG)

Aug 26 2021 35 mins

After we have focussed on afstandsmoeders in the previous episodes, we will now talk about afstandskinderen. Dr. Eugénie Smits van Waesberghe is one of them. She was born in the mother-baby-home Moederheil in Breda. She has published several books about afstandsmoeders and afstandskinderen and as a ervaringsdeskundige she is present in the Dutch media and the current investigation