Cambodia. ICRC physical rehabilitation centre, Battambang. A mine victim begins the long process of learning to walk again.

Higher rates of illiteracy among women and less contact with the public sphere can mean that women and girls have too little information about the threat of mines. Female mine victims often have less money than men in an otherwise similar situation, and may well encounter cultural restrictions on their mobility. Both factors can prevent them from obtaining artificial limbs and using rehabilitation services. To help make these services available to all, the ICRC is currently running prosthetic and rehabilitation programmes in 25 countries around the world.