Last Wednesday in our discussion about women’s issues internationally, we spoke about Dr Catherine Hamlin who established the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital to operate on fistula patients in Ethiopia. A fistula is a tear to the birth canal, bladder and rectum that arises in (usually very young) pregnant women in prolonged labour (often lasting up to six days) due to a lack of access to medical facilities. This condition occurs in impoverished women throughout the Third World.
ABC’s ‘Sunday Profile’
Sunday, 23 March 2008 Presenter: Monica Attard
Dr Catherine Hamlin, Founder of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital
Hamlin Fistula Relief and Aid Fund
PO Box 965 Wahroonga NSW 2076
Phone +61 2 9449 6725
Fax + 61 9440 4764
fistulaltd@ozemail.com.au
The Fistula Foundation and Dr Catherine Hamlin
Categories: Famous women · International Women's Issues · Women's Health
Tagged: fistula hospital, Women's Health
Biographer Susanna de Vries who has written several books about Australia’s colonial women has most recently published “Desert Queen: the Many Lives and Loves of Daisy Bates”. Recently interviewed on Radio National’s “Bush Telegraph” (1-4-08), Ms de Vries describes how from Jane Eyre-like beginnings, Daisy Bates enterprisingly re-invents herself several times and lives life to the full.
Two examples of related books in our library are:
Great Australian Women from Federation to Freedom by Susanna de Vries
Daisy Bates “the Great White Queen of the Never Never” by Elizabeth Salter
-Jo
Categories: Famous women
Tagged: Famous women
