TESTIMONY follows an extraordinary group of women - supported by the activist organisation Justice for Magdalenes - whose fight to hold the Irish government accountable for abuses in the Magdalene Laundries, Mother and Baby Homes, and the forced separation of families, takes them all the way to the United Nations.

The Magdalene Laundries were institutions operated by religious orders with state complicity up until the late 90’s in Ireland. These institutions imprisoned and dehumanised women under the guise of “moral rehabilitation”, causing survivors to endure forced labour, physical and emotional abuse, and the lifelong stigma of being labelled "fallen".

Many survivors’ trauma also extended into Mother and Baby Homes, where unwed mothers were coerced into surrendering their children for adoption. Countless of these separations were executed in secrecy and without consent, with home “residents” also being subjected to horrifying practices, including vaccine trials and human trafficking.

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