Title: Movie Screening: A Walk to Beautiful

Disciplines: Women’s Health (WH), Childbearing (CB), Advanced Practice (AP)

Learning Objectives:
  1. Describe women most at risk for developing an obstetric fistula in settings with limited obstetric resources.
  2. Discuss the emotional and physical toll on women in Ethiopia with untreated obstetric fistula.
  3. Identify strategies for prevention and treatment of obstetric fistula.
Submission Description:
“A story of dignity reclaimed.” In this heart-wrenching, Emmy award winning documentary, a difficult journey that begins in hopelessness and shame for thousands of women in Ethiopia ends in a productive new life. The film tells the personal stories of rural women who make their way to Ethiopia's capital seeking treatment for obstetric fistula. This documentary juxtaposes the isolated lives of village women who are outcasts because of their medical condition, with the faraway hospital that offers a miracle after a long and arduous trek—a "walk to beautiful."
Tuesday, June 26, 2012: 4:30 PM-5:45 PM
Prince George's Exhibit Hall D (Gaylord National Harbor)
Moderator:
Catherine Ruhl, CNM, MS
Presenting Authors:
Kate Grant, MPA and Sarah Craven, JD