U.N. Population Fund: Hope & Healing - Women in Somalia Reclaim Their Lives From Obstetric Fistula
November 12, 2025
November 12, 2025
NEW YORK, Nov. 12 -- The United Nations Population Fund issued the following news:
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Hope and healing: Women in Somalia reclaim their lives from obstetric fistula
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Farhiya, a 38-year-old from rural Beletweyne, faced a decade of hardship that began with life-threatening childbirth complications.
She gave birth without the aid of a skilled health worker. When the labour was obstructed, a potentially fatal condition, she wa . . .
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Hope and healing: Women in Somalia reclaim their lives from obstetric fistula
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Farhiya, a 38-year-old from rural Beletweyne, faced a decade of hardship that began with life-threatening childbirth complications.
She gave birth without the aid of a skilled health worker. When the labour was obstructed, a potentially fatal condition, she wa . . .