The Handmaid's Tale

I hear the birds

When they're singing

I hear the sirens

When they're ringing

But I can't take my mind off of you

A thousand words, pouring out

The distance of over there

Is moving on and out

You said it'd be alright

How 'bout these notions

Hmm, they're deep as ocean

Calling out my name

Screaming out in vain

Singing hallelujah

Tell your mother, she don't understand

Tell your mother, she's not listening

Why don't you tear my heart

The chain is made of string

I roll the dice

You seal the deal

That don't matter

Cause pain will heal

I will follow you

Into the dark

How 'bout these notions

Hmm, they're deep as ocean

Calling out my name

Screaming out in vain

Singing hallelujah

These notions

Hmm, they're deep as ocean

Calling out my name

Screaming out in vain

Singing hallelujah

Singing hallelujah to you

Calling out my name

I'm in the deep end, ocean

Calling out my name

Singing hallelujah to you

lyrics and music: Tash Sultana

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The "handmaids" have had enough of continual violence against women and girls, enough of others controlling our bodies, and enough of a system that fails to punish offenders!

We will not allow the dystopian scenario of "The Handmaid's Tale" (authored by Margaret Atwood) to happen in Croatia. We will not allow for women to be reduced to mere servants deprived of their rights and whose voices are silenced.

Violence against women occurs in the home, in the workplace, in the streets, and in the family. More than a million women and girls across the world are victims of sexual violence, forced marriages, violence by current or former partners, sexual harassment in the workplace, mobbing, and murder, all because they are - women.

The Istanbul Convention is a tool which can make the protection of women and girls in Croatia a reality. This is why we demand that the Government and Parliament of Croatia ratify the Convention, and will not settle for anything less.

As long as women are seen only as "handmaids", we will take to the streets until the Convention is ratified.