"My 18-year-old sister did not want to marry this man and asked my father several times not to give her to the farmer. But he ignored her pleas. One day I heard that my sister had taken petrol and committed self-immolation."
These findings suggest that despite substantial efforts toward improving health and human rights in Afghanistan, persistent conditions permit violence against women, and Afghan women and girls continue to turn to the desperate remedy of self-immolation. Women and girls appear to see this horrifying act as a means of both escaping from intolerable conditions and speaking out against abuse, since their actual voices do not bring about changes that would allow them to lead safe and secure lives. More programmatic work is clearly needed to prevent and intervene in violence against women and to support existing policies aimed at improving the lives of Afghan women and girls.
These findings suggest that despite substantial efforts toward improving health and human rights in Afghanistan, persistent conditions permit violence against women, and Afghan women and girls continue to turn to the desperate remedy of self-immolation. Women and girls appear to see this horrifying act as a means of both escaping from intolerable conditions and speaking out against abuse, since their actual voices do not bring about changes that would allow them to lead safe and secure lives. More programmatic work is clearly needed to prevent and intervene in violence against women and to support existing policies aimed at improving the lives of Afghan women and girls.
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NEJM Volume 358:2201-2203 May 22,2008, Number 21
Driven to a Fiery Death — The Tragedy of Self-Immolation in Afghanistan
Anita Raj, Ph.D., Charlemagne Gomez, M.A., and Jay G. Silverman, Ph.D.
Driven to a Fiery Death — The Tragedy of Self-Immolation in Afghanistan
Anita Raj, Ph.D., Charlemagne Gomez, M.A., and Jay G. Silverman, Ph.D.
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