[Ed. 7/21: The last names of Afghan filmmakers and images of those still in the country have been removed due to the increasing insecurity in Afghanistan.]
The maternity clinic has been built but there's no doctors or medical equipment. Who's to blame? The Afghan Ministry of Health or the Men's Development Council? The Women's Council handed over their National Solidarity Program budget to the men when they agreed to build a maternity clinic. But with it still not open pregnant woman are making the long trip to Kabul to get medicine and medical advice - including birth control. After ten kids the husband thinks it might be time to stop having children - but says it is God's will.
Full Film: vimeo.com/187210400
Zahra is from Bamyan province. Zahra worked as a freelance journalist for Jadid Media online and in multi-media production. She founded and directs the Open Society Organization and volunteered with Afghan Youth for Peace.
Presented by Community Supported Film
Direction, Camera and Sound by Zahra
Editing by Jawed
Sound by Hasibullah
Further information: csfilm.org/films/fruit-of-our-labor/
