News Deeply article by Amy Fallon about the suffering more than 70,000 Bangladeshi women face due to obstetric fistula. Read the full article at News Deeply below:
The Unsung Struggle to End the ‘Curse’ of Fistula in Bangladesh – Women & Girls
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – For almost 45 years, Fatema Khatun suffered one of the greatest ignominies a woman can endure and accepted it as her fate. In the end, it took just 37 minutes for a surgeon to give her back her life. “It’s like magic.