Chapter 2
PAKISTAN . “I feel so lucky. In my
community many girls do not get
this opportunity." Saleema is in
her final year of training at the
Holy Family Hospital in
Rawalpindi, Pakistan. As an
Afghan refugee growing up in
a Turkmen community in
Pakistan, 28-year-old Saleema
has faced a lifetime of barriers
in her quest to get an education.
Now, after nearly three decades
of study, she is beating the odds
and is set to become a doctor.
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