By Saquib Hameed | Hony. Vice Chairman & CEO
Women Blindness in Pakistan
Pakistan is a male dominated society where women have last call on family resources. Their healthcare needs have lesser priority and as 2/3ds of the population lives around the poverty line there is never any money to get them treated. Women are the anchor of the family. They are the nurturers and carers of children. And when a mother loses her vision the family breaks up with many husbands abandoning their disabled wives with disastrous effects on the young.
Conscious of this LRBT has in its 25 years of operations focused especially on female blindness treating 10.3 million women which has significantly reduced the extent of female blindness. As a consequence female blindness at 51.4 % is considerably below the developing countries average of 64 %. However this is still higher than their proportion of the population which is 48 %. So continuous efforts are needed to reduce it further and this is where you can help. Help us help them. Donate generously!
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