Indian village midwives make a shocking confession - BBC World Service Documentaries

Warning: Includes content some viewers may find distressing. Thirty years ago, in the Indian state of Bihar, a group of village midwives confessed on camera that they routinely took the lives of newborn baby girls. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM Using archive footage that has never been seen before, this #BBCEye documentary "The Midwife's Confession" explores the disturbing subject of infanticide in rural India – and tells the moving story of one woman’s campaign to save girls’ lives. 00:00 A baby is found 03:56 BBC Eye Investigations 04:20 A three decade old archive 07:10 The midwives confess 12:08 A change begins 15:26 The life of Siro 21:47 Saving baby girls 27:41 Search for a saved baby girl 30:15 Meeting Monica 36:59 Another abandoned baby 39:00 Monica returns to Bihar 50:13 The Siro interview 55:16 On the banks of the Ganges 57:08 A happy family 01:02:16 BBC Eye Team 📽️ Watch this film in HINDI here ➡️ https://bbc.in/3Zhjq8L In MARATHI here ➡️ https://bbc.in/3ZkgIiV In GUJARATI here ➡️ https://bbc.in/3XtlgBc In TELUGU here ➡️ https://bbc.in/3zq5iQ1 In TAMIL here ➡️ https://bbc.in/4dXUdoi ...and in PUNJABI here ➡️ https://bbc.in/4gzcbQ3 🎞️ To watch more investigative journalism from our award-winning BBC Eye team check out this documentary playlist: All BBC World Service Documentaries 🎧 Listen to The Documentary podcast, "The Midwife’s Confession", here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct... Reporter - Amitabh Parashar Assistant Producer - Purnima Mehta Producer - Neha Tara Mehta Researcher - Shwetika and Archi Raj Filmed by Syed Safi Ahmad and Omkar Phatak Additional Camera - Gaurav Lodhi Rajpoot Film Editor - Abhinav Tyagi Associate Editor - Hriday Rao Chauhan Sound Recordist and Editor - Debangshu Roy Impact Producers - Baya Cat, Emaan Warraich, Anusha Kumar, Tom Donkin and Mark Shea Director, Development - Hemal Trivedi Development Exec - Emma Whitlock Translations - Devanshu Jha, Soumya Jha, Sona Singh, Ratan Priya, Komal Kumbhar, Tanuja Jha, Ifath Arwah Lighting - Selak Ram Colourist - Robin Doelly Graphic Design - Asher Kaye Isbrucker Production Coordinator - Varsha Garg Production Manager - Dawn Macdonald Production Executive - Nayantara Gauba Special Thanks - Indian Air Force, Kavita Parashar, Ravindra Kumar, Dinanath Kesari, Asita Maldahiyar, Abhay Anand, Parvaz Ahmad Lone, Parvez Ahmad Head of Longform - Liz Gibbons India Series Producer - Ankur Jain Directed by Amitabh Parashar and Syed Ahmed Safi Executive Producers - Anubha Bhonsle and Daniel Adamson ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 Instagram: bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 Twitter: bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 Facebook: bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #GirlChild #India #GenderEquality #Dowry #Midwife #Adoption #BBCWorldService #WorldService #BBC100Women #Documentaries