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Suffering in Silence: Obstetric Fistula in Asia
The reports from Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan highlight the efforts in treating fistula through the stories of women who endured and overcame the condition.
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Fistula in Africa song
Baay Bia (from Senegal), in collaboration with the Fistula Foundation, produced this song featuring Adiona Maboreke (Zimbabwe), Alvina Gachugu (Kenya), Roseliane Vavy (Madagascar), Wendy Harawa (Malawi) and Mamadou Deme (Mauritania) for the fistula awareness campaign.
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Niger’s girls find sanctuary in fistula treatment centres
Twenty-three-year-old Kodi Moumdau took shelther at the National Fistula Centre in the outskirts of Niamey, the capital of Niger. She can consider herself amongst the lucky women who have been treated for and survived an obstetric fistula condition.
From social outcast to future teacher
Monica Kaleso loved to go to school. She studied hard and never missed class. Her dream of becoming a medical doctor was on course until 2013, when, at the age of 17, she began a relationship with a man from the same village of Kadammanja.
16 girls, 16 stories of resistance
Every day, tens of thousands of girls are married before reaching their 18th birthday. An early pregnancy could increase their risk of suffering obstetric fistula. Many of them stay strong in the fight. These 16 extraordinary girls refused to become child brides.