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Since her childhood Fatima, now aged 21 and one of very few literate women in her conservative village in the central Afghan province of Daikundi, wanted to become a midwife, however, her male relatives and the village elders strongly opposed that
Akmal Dawi/IRIN

  • Since her childhood Fatima, now aged 21 and one of very few literate women in her conservative village in the central Afghan province of Daikundi, wanted to become a midwife, however, her male relatives and the village elders strongly opposed that

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  • Credits Akmal Dawi/IRIN
  • Themes Health

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