{"id":6621,"date":"2016-03-30T18:02:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T17:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=6621"},"modified":"2016-03-30T18:13:25","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T17:13:25","slug":"dry-fistula-child-marriage-inequality-my-twitter-conversation-with-ford-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=6621","title":{"rendered":"DRY, Fistula, Child Marriage &#038; Inequality | My Twitter Conversation With Ford Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi SL Fabz!<\/p>\n<p>Today, I had an interesting Twitter conversation with Ford Foundation on <strong>DRY<\/strong> and several issues the movie highlighted such as child marriage, inequality and Fistula.<\/p>\n<p>Believe me, it was a very thorough one where questions were asked about the impact of the movie, the power of film making, the true stories that impacted the script for DRY and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some excerpts from\u00a0the convo:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a> Thank you so much. I feel truly honoured. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIS?src=hash\">#InequalityIS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715192501301342208\">March 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a> An obstetric fistula is a hole between the vagina and bladder \/rectum. It is caused by traumatic childbirth <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a> \u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715193002587766785\">March 30, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a>: This means that urine or feces could simply leak out of a woman\u2019s body. There is no way to control it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715193198763708416\">March 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a> In <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nigeria?src=hash\">#Nigeria<\/a>, an estimated 400k to 800k women and girls have fistula w\/ 12 to 20k new cases yearly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a> \u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715193630084960256\">March 30, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a> Nigeria is said to be contributing over one-third to the global burden of fistula. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715193706245132288\">March 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a> Women w\/ fistula are most likely to be poor, uneducated and without access to a skilled birth attendant <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a> \u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715193792714907650\">March 30, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a> DRY is inspired by the true-life stories of several girls I have met over the years. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715194078686797824\">March 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a>: The plight of women living with Vesico Vaginal Fistula is something I\u2019ve been drawn to for several years. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a> \u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715194151583760384\">March 30, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a> My research on fistula in college brought me around Nigeria and other countries <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715194249633992705\">March 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a> There I met lots of young girls who had been forced into early marriage and had Fistula. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a> \u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715194418765176832\">March 30, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a> Many of them shared their stories with me, which inspired the script for the film. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715194491024588800\">March 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a> There was this one girl I met, and her story blew my mind. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a> \u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715194940125528065\">March 30, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a>: Her name is Amina. She was married off very early, even before she became a teenager. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715195017229426688\">March 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a>: She got pregnant and had Fistula after being in labour for several days at home. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a> \u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715195090541654016\">March 30, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a>: Her community didn&#8217;t understand her condition. She got mocked and shunned, and her husband abandoned her. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715195165355417600\">March 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a> My character, Dr. Zara, is a successful African doctor living in Wales who had a heartbreaking childhood, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a> \u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715195305625575424\">March 30, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a> As a young girl, Dr. Zara was raped and then she was forced into prostitution. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715195399020089344\">March 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a> Dr. Zara also suffered from Fistula after delivering her child. But she was adopted by missionaries fr the UK <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Inequali?src=hash\">#Inequali<\/a> \u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715195477562683392\">March 30, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\">@FordFoundation<\/a> Dr. Zara is very significant in passing the overall message of hope in DRY <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InequalityIs?src=hash\">#InequalityIs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\/status\/715195574698557441\">March 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThere is still so much more you have to read. Visit my twitter page <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieLinus\" target=\"_blank\">HERE <\/a>and the Ford Foundation twitter page <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFoundation\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi SL Fabz! Today, I had an interesting Twitter conversation with Ford Foundation on DRY and several issues the movie highlighted such as child marriage, inequality and Fistula. Believe me, it was a very thorough one where questions were asked about the impact of the movie, the power of film making, the true stories that impacted the script for DRY and much more. Here are some excerpts from\u00a0the convo: .@FordFoundation Thank you so much. I feel truly honoured. #InequalityIS \u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) March 30, 2016 .@FordFoundation An obstetric fistula is a hole between the vagina and bladder \/rectum. It is caused by traumatic childbirth #InequalityIs \u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) March 30, 2016 .@FordFoundation: This means that urine or feces could simply leak out of a woman\u2019s body. There is no way to control it #InequalityIs \u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) March 30, 2016 .@FordFoundation In #Nigeria, an estimated 400k to 800k women and girls have fistula w\/ 12 to 20k new cases yearly #InequalityIs \u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) March 30, 2016 .@FordFoundation Nigeria is said to be contributing over one-third to the global burden of fistula. #InequalityIs \u2014 StephanieOkereke (@StephanieLinus) March 30, 2016 .@FordFoundation Women w\/ fistula are most likely to be poor, uneducated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[105,343],"class_list":["post-6621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-dry","tag-ford-foundation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6621"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6625,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6621\/revisions\/6625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}