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Award of Excellence
Paula Bronstein
Getty Images
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Shahnaz,14, sits on the floor of her family
home November 17,2006 in Herat. She tired to commit suicide a year
ago pratically crippling herself from the severe burns after her father
lost her in a gambling match. She spent a year in the Herat hospital.
The medical staff at the Herat hospital says that they have registered
around 700 self-immolations cases so far this year. Hospital officials
say they lack proper salaries for the nurses and doctors and suffer
from a lack of medical supplies. A new burn center for the crowded
hospital that was suppose to be finished in 2005 is still under construction.
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.
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