Imagine urine and feces dripping from your vagina and down your legs as you go about your day, laundering and cooking and childrearing. Imagine being divorced because you can no longer make love, and being made to live in a hut behind your family’s home because your stench is too strong.
"The World Health Organization has called fistula "the single most dramatic aftermath of neglected childbirth", estimating that more than 2 million women live with fistula worldwide."
Somehow, the stunning documentary film A Walk to Beautiful manages to shine a beautiful and powerful light on this humiliating situation. These stories are a tragic reality for thousands of impoverished women who suffer from Vaginal Fistula, a condition caused by prolonged childbirth.
Among these thousands are five exceptionally pretty Ethiopian women whose stories are told in A Walk to Beautiful. One of them has been living in isolation because of her condition for six years before she hears about a special hospital that cures women like her. The award-winning film thoroughly and artfully documents these women’s emotional and physical journeys through the healing process.
For women in developed nations, Vaginal Fistula is an uncommon complication. Here in the U.S. Continue reading
