Gathoni Wamuchomba: I gave birth in the toilet of a high-end hospital

Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Dr Anne-Beatrice Kihara. [Samson Wire, Standard]

"OBV occurs at an intersection between institutional violence and violence against women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period," she said.

A point that was nailed by most speakers at the event was the unfortunate mistreatment of pregnant women by nurses during delivery.

Indeed, who can forget the January 2017 hashtag #nursesfromhell, in which an unidentified group of nurses bragged over horrific ways they handle 'difficult' women going to the hospital to deliver?