Gul Meena, an Afghan woman, recently survived a brutal attempt at her life.

In Afghanistan, there is a strong culture of tribal laws and traditions that are very harsh towards there treatment of women, the worst of these being "honor killings." Most often carried out by the victims own family, these killings are for women who are a shame to the family and have to die, for things such as adultery, pre-marital sex, and even being raped.

But, while things may seem bleak, there is a silver lining in all of this. Doctors, who work in poor conditions with little or no money, were able to nurse Gul Meena from the brink of death. Even the doctors face harsh stigma even doing there jobs when helping these women (if they survive), just for doing there job.

Gul Meena has next to no visitors, the Afghan Woman's council has not sent any representatives  she has been dishonored and will likely be killed on sight by most of her family, and her lover was brutally murdered at the same time she was attacked. Without relatives, she doesn't even have a clean set of clothes to wear, and when reporters came to visit, she was lying in her own urine, as doctors have long ago run out of money to care for her on a constant basis.

She does, however, have some champions in her corner. There are a few on the provincial council that are in support of her. The only female member, and a few others would like to see a change in the tribal traditions and codes that hurt the women of the Afghan country so much.