Obstetric fistula

Obstetric fistula is a gynaecological condition whereby prolonged labour without prompt medical treatment leads to the formation of a hole in the birth canal, often resulting in severe incontinence and a stillborn baby.

Maternal mortality is fueled by gender inequality and discrimination towards women, especially in under-developed or developing countries. One of the main reasons to high maternal mortality rate is the denial to prompt medical treatment. The same reason is also the cause of obstetric fistula, that leaves a woman with the smell of leaking urine and faeces.

There are many reasons to why there are activists out there who fight for gender equality (or even to "near" equality) ; if only a husband would put down his ego and try a little more to love and to make the correct decision, than to deny a women from what actually constitutes her rights.

I saw this video on the United Nations Population Fund website to "End Fistula".