This article originally appeared on Slate. By David Rosenberg Martina Bacigalupo was on assignment for the United Nations in Burundi when she heard about a woman whose brother-in-law had amputated both of her arms because she had given birth to a girl instead of a boy. The story stuck with Bacigalupo. She approached the woman, Francine, one Sunday morning after Mass at the Association for the Rights of Women in Bujumbura. They started meeting on a regular basis and eventually Bacigalupo asked Fr...
How A Mother With Amputated Arms Became An Angel In Her Daughter's Eyes
The Huffington Post - 26 Dec 2014 23:07
This article originally appeared on Slate. By David Rosenberg Martina Bacigalupo was on assignment for the United Nations in Burundi when she heard about a woman whose brother-in-law had amputated both of her arms because she had given birth to a girl instead of a boy. The story stuck with Bacigalupo. She approached the woman, Francine, one Sunday morning after Mass at the Association for the Rights of Women in Bujumbura. They started meeting on a regular basis and eventually Bacigalupo asked Fr...
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