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Afghanistans barnmorskor förändrar samhället

Under talibanåren 1996 till 2001 utbildades inga barnmorskor i Afghanistan. Det utbildades heller inga barnmorskor under den så kallade mujahedintiden 1992-96. När talibanstyret var över 2001 fanns endast 400 utbildade barnmorskor i hela landet på en befolkning på nästan 30 miljoner. Konsekvenserna är en förödande kvinnodöd.

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Donald Boströmwomen
Prostitution is met with education

According to sources from pact, there are 2,500 prostitutes in Addis Ababa as of this year. This is considered a social catastrophe which prompts the spread of hiv/aids across the country and the number is increasing day by day. pact and hiwot-integrated development association have worked in partnership with sida since 2005 to find and help the young women get out of prostitution and get them back to education.

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Donald Boströmwomen
Trafficking in Ethiopia and the Gulf

Several young women are sent to the rich gulf states by their families with the hope that they will earn money to send back home. But things do not always turn out as they had hoped. Instead the young women are severely exploited and vulnerable to abuse.

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Donald Boströmwomen
Jag var i krig med alla

Jannats graviditet var förhållandevis enkel. Bara en svag huvudvärk ibland. Det var först de sista fyra, fem dagarna som det började bli kritiskt när hela kroppen började värka. Fötterna, nacke, rygg, mage, bäckenbotten, allt.

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Lars Rodvaldrwomen