A Voice For the Voiceless

The Advocacy Project helps marginalized communities to tell their story, claim their rights and produce social change. We recruit graduate students to volunteer as Peace Fellows with partners.

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"Speaking with locals and living in a country is the best way to learn about the real lives of citizens, not just the stories in the mainstream media. I will be more critical of what I read as a result of this experience. I also feel even more grateful for my education, and I feel a stronger responsibility to assist others who do not have resources or access to opportunities in their communities."

Maria Skouras (New York University) volunteered in 2011 as a Peace Fellow for eHomemakers in Malaysia.

For more 2011 feedback click here.

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Kapurni Kumari Raja

Kapurni Kumari Raja’s prolapse occurred during the birth of her first child, highlighting the negative consequences of giving birth at home with untrained attendants.

Kapurni’s birth attendants put pressure on her stomach during the delivery, thus weakening her muscles and ligaments and forcing her uterus to come out a bit. After this, she was not able to conceive for three years. With each subsequent birth, her uterus fell a bit more. Now, Kapurni has second-degree prolapse.

When Kapurni told her mother-in-law about her problem, her mother-in-law started scolding her. She has even threatened to marry Kapurni’s husband to another woman. Kapurni still has not shared her problem with her husband, and has not received any treatment for her prolapse.

“If I say to my husband, he won’t be able to manage treatment and also he will start scolding, so what is the use?” she said.

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