Afghanistan’s Dying Mothers
In Afghanistan, a woman dies of pregnancy-related causes every 27 minutes – and perhaps even more frequently, because many such deaths go unrecorded. The problem is not only inadequate healthcare, but also a culture in which discrimination against women begins at birth, and in which women themselves regard their suffering as unavoidable.
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Roughly 75% of Afghan newborns that die do so because of lack of food, warmth, and care. Unloved little girls fare the worst. In Afghanistan as a whole, a woman dies of pregnancy-related causes every 27 minutes – and perhaps even more frequently, because many such deaths go unrecorded. Many, perhaps most, are under sixteen years of age.