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First Place
Paula Bronstein Getty Images
"BROKEN LIVES"
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Afghan men carry the body of Guljan,18,
into her grave 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. 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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