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Yesmin was married at 12. Within a year, she was pregnant.

After a long and difficult labor, she lost her baby—and returned home with a condition she didn’t understand.

Yesmin had developed an obstetric fistula, a childbirth injury that can leave women leaking urine or f***s, often for years without treatment.

She went back to a health center, only to learn that care wasn’t available nearby. Without the money to travel, she waited.

For three years, she lived with the physical and social consequences—stigma, isolation, and the loss of her marriage—before she was finally able to access surgery.

Her story is not unique. It reflects what happens when girls are married too young, and when access to care comes too late.

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