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First Place
Paula Bronstein Getty Images
"BROKEN LIVES"
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Panwasha,20, screams in pain as her
burned skin is cleaned at the Herat hospital burn unit after her successful
skin graft operation on November 17,2006 in Herat, Afghanistan. Afghan women
turn to self-immolation as a way to commit suicide,choosing this method turns
their life into a living hell. There is an Afghan proverb: ' Your bones
belong to your family but your muscles belong to your husband'. The problems
facing women in Afghanistan are complex and are closely linked to their
subordinate position in the Afghan society where conservative Islamic laws
and traditions dictate what a woman is allowed to do in a male dominated
world. Forced marriages, domestic violence, poverty and lack of access to
education are the main reasons for suicide. Bibijan mourns the death of her
second daughter, Guljan,18, on November 14,2006. She died from
self-immolation yesterday at the Herat Regional hospital Burn unit with burns
over 65% of her body in Herat, Afghanistan. Bibijan lost her 15 year old daughter
last year to self-burning also and has 8 children left.
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