This week I read an article (Article Here) about Sharim who is a midwife in the middle east. She is being honored this year by the UNFPA for her courageous work. Sharim defied the odds and got her college education while working three jobs. She defied her father, and became one of the most educated people in her village.
Sharim has worked to diliver thousands of babies at times when there are bombs and pillage going on around her. When a hostage situation took place in her hospital, she sneaked out in a car to get supplies to take care of her patients. She is the exemplary model of what the courage and strength of a woman can be.
Women in this area need an example like Sharim in order to gain the courage to change the circumstances that they have been put in. Women in this area are constantly put down because of there gender. In order to change the oppressive rules in their country, they need to take a stand. Sharim is one of those women who has done just that. She is an example for women everywhere.
Thanks so much for sharing this.
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