Reference :
V-P-CI-E-00278
Date :
26/10/2011
Caption :
Goleu Bloc, Bloléquin Nord, Guiglo. Nadia was pregnant when the fighting broke in February 2011. She hid in the bush for several weeks and gave birth to his second son there.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
reserved users only
Description :
ICRC website, Photo gallery, 05-03-2012
Côte d'Ivoire: women pick up the pieces
They are wives, daughters, mothers or grandmothers. The women of Côte d'Ivoire continue to pay the price for a conflict in which they had no part. Following the post-electoral crisis that degenerated into armed conflict, countless Ivorians seeking safe refuge fled to other parts of the country or into Liberia and other countries in the region. Months later, those who return find homes destroyed, belongings stolen and wells contaminated. Many are still separated from their families. The ICRC is focusing on helping those who have returned and reducing the impact of the conflict. The ICRC is helping Cécile and hundreds of others like her to rebuild their homes.
Being pregnant, Nadia was unable to make the journey to Liberia on foot, so she lived hidden away in the bush for several weeks with no health care. And it was in the bush that she gave birth to her second son, in silence for fear of discovery. Now, Nadia and her little boy are receiving medical care from the mobile health clinic that visits her village once a week.
"We survived on raw food for weeks. Making a cooking fire would have attracted the wrong kind of attention.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
5468x3646
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
