Ireland's 'brutally misogynistic culture' saw the death of 9,000 children in mother and baby homes, report finds
Source: CNN Philippines
Published on: 2021-01-12 22:58
(CNN) -- Thousands of babies and children died in 18 of Ireland's mother and baby homes -- church-run institutions where unmarried women were sent to deliver their babies in secret, often against their will -- over eight decades, according to a landmark report. On Tuesday, the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters -- which was set up to investigate what happened in 14 mother and baby homes and four county homes from 1922 to 1998 -- announced the 9,000 deaths as part of the final findings of its near six-year inquiry. Around 56,000 people -- from girls as young as 12, to women in their 40s -- were sent to the 18 institutions investigated, where some 57,000 children were born, according to the report. One in seven of those children (15%) didn't survive long enough to leave the homes, yet no alarm was raised by the State over the high mortalit...
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