Screening ECHO(E)S | Breaking the Silence on Obstetric Violence

06/11/2025 - From 19h to 22h - Public

A conversation with director Chloé Debon, facilitated by Maha Ganem

Maha Ganem is the creator, co-producer, and host of "Je pensais que j'étais la seule" (I Thought I Was the Only One) – a health podcast that amplifies women's voices. Through intimate testimonies, women share their experiences of chronic illness, medical gaslighting, and systemic failures within healthcare systems that ignore, minimize, or instrumentalize their bodies and pain.

A political journalist and health researcher with 15 years of experience as a patient, caregiver, and educator in healthcare fields, Maha brings a feminist, intersectional, and systemic lens to women's health. Her work centers on making visible what patriarchal medical and media systems render invisible: chronic conditions, disability, menopause, menstrual health, and the violence embedded in care practices.

The podcast is both a platform for truth-telling and a sacred space for collective healing because speaking up is where healing begins.

Why ECHO(E)S and "Je pensais que j'étais la seule" are in conversation:

Both the film and the podcast share a foundational belief: personal stories reveal systemic injustices. ECHO(E)S gives voice and movement to eight individuals whose gynecological and obstetric experiences have been minimized. Similarly, the podcast honors women's unfiltered words as they recount how healthcare systems have failed them.

Both projects ask: How do we (re)question practices of care through care itself? And both insist that women's voices – too long silenced and dismissed – must be centered and amplified to build truly inclusive healthcare.

If you want to follow Chloé's work : Website & Instagram

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