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Today marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This day commits to raising awareness of violence against women and girls (VAWG) around… Read More »Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls

The Operation Fistula team is currently recuperating from jet-lag following their attendance at this year’s Tableau Conference – or TC19 – hosted in Las Vegas.… Read More »Visualizing A More Equal World

ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN the page, on a decade-old version of Operation Fistula’s patient pre-op forms, there are two standard questions the admitting nurse would pose,… Read More »Dispatch from V7V

For as long as women have been giving birth, there have been risks to both mother and baby. In places where a safe, medically supervised… Read More »International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

Happy International Women’s Day! At Operation Fistula we’re working to end obstetric fistula for every woman, everywhere. Women and girls sit at the heart of… Read More »International Women’s Day 2019

We kicked off our week-long celebration of International Women’s Day by taking part in a collaboration with #MakeoverMonday – a weekly social data project that… Read More »Humanizing Data

Leading the way with quality care As we reflect on the theme of this year’s International Day of the Midwife, we look to see how… Read More »International Days of the Nurse and Midwife

How many women are affected by obstetric fistula? Where is the need for support greatest? Women with fistula are often isolated and consequently difficult to… Read More »How Prevalent is Obstetric Fistula?

Despite international agreements and national laws, every year, 12 million girls are married before they are 18. As more and more girls are married off… Read More »The Power of Proximity: Child Mothers

Leaving no one behind: Let us commit to ending fistula now 2018 has been the year of the woman. Five months in and we have… Read More »International Day to End Obstetric Fistula 2018