Yapım Tarihi - 2006
Süre - 00:50:00
Format - Uzun Belgesel, Renkli, Türkçe
Yönetmen - Ayfer Ergün
Yapımcı - Ayfer Ergün
Dünya çapında
iki milyondan fazla kadın, yetersiz beslenme ve erken evlilikten kaynaklanan
doğum yaralarından muzdarip. Asırlardır süregelen gelenekler, kızları çok genç
yaşta evlenmeye zorluyor. O kadar genç yaşta hamile kalıyorlar ki, kalça
kemikleri yeterince gelişmediği için, bebeği gerektiği gibi karınlarında
taşıyamıyorlar. Bebek ölüyor ve anne fistül ile kalıyor. Bu genç kızlar ve
kadınlar çoğu kez aileleri ve toplum tarafından dışlanıyor. Belgesel, fistül
kurbanı Etiyopyalı genç bir kadın olan Yezina'nın hikâyesini anlatıyor. Kocası
onu terk etmez, tedavi ettirmek için öküzünü satar.
Birleşmiş Milletler Nüfus Fonu’nun “kadınlarda hamileliğe bağlı sorunların en
tahrip edici olanı” dediği Fistül, bir erken hamilelik hastalığı. Dünyada iki
milyondan fazla kadın fistülden mustarip. Ayfer Ergün bu hastalığın izini
Etiyopya’da sürüyor ve 10 yaşında evlendirilen Yezina’nın hikayesi üzerinden
fistül olan kadınların yaşadıklarını anlatıyor.
Osmanlı Bankası Müzesi Sineması'nda gösterildi, 5 Mart 2009
Documetarist, İstanbul Film Günleri. 2008
10. Amnesty International Film Festival. 2008
Winner of the Grand Prize, International Festival of Human Rights, Geneva
11. Uluslararası 1001 Belgesel Film Festivali. 2008
13. Uçan Süpürge Kadın Filmleri Festivali, Belgeseller Bölümü Gösterim Seçkisi. 2010
An Ox for A Baby
Een Ethiopisch echtpaar is slachtoffer van de eeuwenoude traditie die meisjes
dwingt op kinderleeftijd te trouwen. Ze raken zwanger, te jong om te kunnen
baren. Het bekken is eenvoudigweg nog niet volgroeid. Het gevolg- een
obstetrische fistel, continue urineverlies en vaak uitstoting.
Vaak sterft de baby en loopt de jonge moeder een fistel op. Zo ook in het
verhaal van Yezina en Mesganow. Zij wonen in een klein dorp, ver weg van de
grote stad en de beschaafde wereld. Mesganow wil graag dat zijn vrouw geneest,
zodat ze een kind kunnen krijgen. Om de operatie in het Fistula Hospital in het
verre Addis Abeba te kunnen betalen verkoopt hij zijn os. Yezina boft maar met
zo’n man. Veel anderen verlaten hun vrouw, want zonder kind worden ze met de nek
aangekeken.
Wereldwijd lijden twee miljoen vrouwen aan obstetrische (vaginale) fistels.
This documentary is about an Ethiopian couple who has become the victim of age-old
traditions of forcing girls to marry at a very young age. They become pregnant,
too young to give birth, their pelvis not fully grown. The result- obstetric
fistula, continues loss of urine and often banishment from their communities.
Often the baby dies and the mother is left with fistula.
It is the story of Yezina and Mesganow. They live in a small village, many miles
from the nearest town and civilization. Mesganow want his wife to heal so they
Can have a child together. He sells his ox in order to finance the surgery in
Fistula Hospital in far way Addis Abeba. Yezina is lucky with her husband. Most
men abandon their wives, since they are being looked upon by their community
when they don’t have children.
Worldwide two million women suffer from obstetric (vaginal) fistula.
Nederland 2006, 50 min.
Kleur, video, documentaire
Taal- Amharic (Ethiopisch) / Engels
Ondertitels- Engels
Wereldpremière
An Ox for a Baby
A film by Ayfer Ergün for films on Anthropology
on African Studies
on Women's Studies
This amazingly up-close documentary brings us into the lives of an Ethiopian
couple, Yezina and Mesagnow. Yezina suffers from a fistula which causes her
urine to constantly leak. She is shunned by the villagers because she smells.
Two million African women share her fate because tradition forces young girls
into early marriages when their bodies are too immature to bear children safely.
Often the babies die and the mothers are left with a hole in their pelvis.
Yezina was previously married at 13 and had a stillborn birth after 15 days of
labor. Her family had her fistula repaired in the Fistula Hospital at Addis
Ababa She remarried but an unsuccessful pregnancy reopened the fistula. Meganow
is a remarkable husband for not abandoning his sick wife. He puts up with her
leakage but he will not tolerate being childless. He is willing to sell his
plowing ox to pay for the expense of another surgery at the Hospital and a
subsequent Caesarean.
The film shows the remarkable work of the hospital in giving women a second
chance at normal lives. Yezina’s story has a happy ending-- a beautiful new baby
and a celebratory reunion with her neighbors and family.
50 min. DVD or Video
Kaynak
Filmakers Library
An Ox for a Baby
Duration- 50'
Director- Ayfer Ergün
Producer- Ayfer Ergün
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Two million women worldwide suffer from fistula. In Ethiopia alone, some 100,000
girls and women suffer from obstetric fistula and there are 9,000 new cases each
year.
An obstetric fistula is an opening between the bladder and/or rectum and the
vagina, which Can occur during childbirth. The contractions, which often last
for days, constantly press the baby’s head against its mother’s pelvis, causing
damage to tissues of the rectum or bladder. Through the hole that results, the
woman continuously leaks urine or faeces.
Age-old traditions force girls to marry at a very young age. They become
pregnant so young that they cannot properly bear their baby because their pelvis
isn’t yet fully grown. The baby dies and the young mother is left with a fistula.
These girls and women are often banished from their families and communities
because they leak. And because of their unpleasant odour, fistula victims are
avoided in regular hospitals, sometimes even refused access altogether. Since
1974, operations have taken place at the Fistula Hospital in Addis Abeba. The
hospital was founded by an Australian couple, Catherine Hamlin and her husband.
This documentary is about a couple who has become the victim of age-old
traditions. It is the story of Yezina and Mesganow. They live in a small village,
many miles from the nearest town and civilisation.
