http://www.metafilter.com/tags/fistula Posts tagged with 'fistula' at MetaFilter. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:35:26 -0800 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:35:26 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/86322/A%2DWalk%2Dto%2DBeautiful The documentary <a href="http://www.walktobeautiful.com/">A Walk to Beautiful</a>, follows five women in Ethiopia suffering from fistula, isolated from their villages and some from their families, seeking treatment at one of the few charity clinics. It can be viewed online at the <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/beautiful/">PBS NOVA</a> site. Dr. Catherine Hamlin, who runs the hospital in Addis Ababa, is interviewed <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/beautiful/hamlin.html">here</a>. There's also been a couple of recent articles on fistula: one from <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/opinion/01kristof.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">Nicholas Kristof</a> who's been one of the most prominent voices on this issue, a piece by <a href="http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/index.html?story=/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/02/kristof_fistula#story_full_dafe9fe8aa1e1b7f7dff24394bfbd3f1">Kate Harding</a>, and an older piece where <a href="http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2006/08/28/hysterectomy/print.html">Abby Frucht</a> describes living with fistula in a developed country with a supportive family. For those inclined to donate, links to charities can be found in the Kristof op-ed. Other Metafilter posts on fistula: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/42826/obstetric-fistula">1</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/25883/Alone-and-ashamed-with-fistulas">2</a> tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.86322 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:35:26 -0800 africa childbirth developingworld documentary fistula hysterectomy womenshealth BigSky http://www.metafilter.com/56368/More%2DVicious%2Dthan%2DRape <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15704030/site/newsweek/">"More Vicious than Rape."</a> Thousands of Congolese girls and women, among the hundreds of thousands of rape cases, who have been deliberately harmed following their rape in a particular way with a brutality that staggers the mind. <small>[more inside]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.56368 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:22:33 -0800 congo fistula horrifying incontinence rape WCityMike