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A full term pregnant woman awaits her 9th baby in her mudd home in the refugee camp. Too poor and unable to get to a proper hospital, she will deliver the baby at home with the assistance of a dai. Coming from a small village in Kandahar province, they fled the constant violence and bombings. In ...

A full term pregnant woman awaits her 9th baby in her mudd home in the refugee camp. Too poor and unable to get to a proper hospital, she will deliver the baby at home with the assistance of a dai. Coming from a small village in Kandahar province, they fled the constant violence and bombings. In ...

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Wendy Marijnissen: Women in Afghanistan A full term pregnant woman awaits her 9th baby in her mudd home in the refugee camp. Too poor and unable to get to a proper hospital, she will deliver the baby at home with the assistance of a dai. Coming from a small village in Kandahar province, they fled the constant violence and bombings. In ... Wendy Marijnissen: Women in Afghanistan A young girl does her English exam in a village school close to Shamera village in Badakshan. The area has some of the lowest literacy rates in the country. School-age boys and girls attend irregular classes often held in makeshift tents or in the open air —when or if weather permits. Badakshan,... Wendy Marijnissen: Women in Afghanistan Dozens of female University Students listen to the speech of MP Ms. Fawzia Koofi. Afghanistan has long had one of the poorest education records in the world, and up until 2001 under Taliban rule girls in Afghanistan were denied the right to go to school. Faizabad, Afghanistan, 2012 © Wendy Marijn... Wendy Marijnissen: Women in Afghanistan A woman and her one month old baby await their trail in prison. After the birth of the baby her husband didn't want to recognize the child and accussed the woman of adultery. She was arrested and sent to jail for the so called 'moral crime' of running away from home. Faizabad, Badakshan, Afghanis... Wendy Marijnissen: Women in Afghanistan A 22 year old woman imprisoned for running away from her husband and accused of adultery receives an iv in the Faizabad jail. Approximately 400 women and girls are imprisoned in Afghanistan for 'moral crimes'. These “crimes” usually involve flight from unlawful forced marriage or domestic violenc... Wendy Marijnissen: Women in Afghanistan Village elders from the Sharibazirk district of Badakshan visit their MP. Ms. Fawzia Koofi and ask for her help and advice. They have no health facility and no female doctors in their villages, putting many of the women at high risk when emergencies occur during or shortly after childbirth. Afgha... Wendy Marijnissen: Women in Afghanistan A newborn baby is wrapped in a sheet before being handed over to her grandmother. Faizabad, Badakshan, Afghanistan, 2012 © Wendy Marijnissen Wendy Marijnissen: Women in Afghanistan Dr. Wakila talks to a patient in Faizabad Provincial Hospital where she has been working for 20 years in the OBG department. Shortage of skilled female staff is still a problem in remote areas like Badakshan where there's still a very traditional and strict divide between men and women. Afghanist... Wendy Marijnissen: Women in Afghanistan 'My troubles started the year my father died. I was six years old'. Rehan (not her real name) ran away from home after her uncle tried to force her to marry his son. After an initial mediation session and the promise the engagement was off, she returned home and was locked up and beaten and abou... Wendy Marijnissen: Women in Afghanistan A young Afgan girl juggles balls during practice in the Afghan Mobile Circus School. Kabul, Afghanistan, 2012 © Wendy Marijnissen