Reference :
V-P-AF-E-01953
Date :
2012
Caption :
Kabul, ICRC orthopaedic centre. Rahima (left) is deputx head of the women's section. Like her patients she is also disabled. Wahida (on the right) lost her two arms in a blast. Her husband died in it.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
reserved users only
Description :
RC RC magazine, issue 1, 2013,p. 20
"I can do anything"
FOR MANY WOMEN injured or widowed during war, the physical wounds are only one part in a cascading series of consequences that affect the survival of entire families. In the case of Wahida, a blast from a suicide bomb left her partially blinded and without arms, and without a husband. The loss of a breadwinner means she's unable to provide for her family. "It's not enough, but I cope with the many difficulties,'' she says of the money and clothes she receives from the ICRC orthopaedic centre. "Without the 3,000 afghanis [US $ 60], my children wouldn't go to school, we wouldn't be able to eat or buy clothes."
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Author: Nick Danziger
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
4032x3024
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
