International Women's Day 2014: Voices From the Field | MSF USA

International Women's Day 2014: Voices From the Field | MSF USA

From Sarah Dina, MSF mental health officer in
Pakistan: “Imagine that on your month-long trek across the mountains to
safety, you have little food and water. You have blisters on your feet
from your shoes at the start; you have cuts on your
feet from walking barefoot at the end. Imagine walking through the
snow, up a steep incline, hiding in the shrubbery when you hear a blast.
Just imagine that as you walk, you see small children along the way who
have been abandoned by their parents because it was impossible to carry
them any longer through such rough terrain and in such harsh
conditions. I tried to imagine how these parents felt. But I stopped
myself. It’s too painful to think about their pain.” Saturday is
International Women's Day. On that day, and every day, thousands of
women worldwide will leave their homes to flee war or persecution. The
fact that they are women makes their ordeal even more harrowing. Read
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