Elizabeth Kuhr
Bio:
Elizabeth Kuhr graduated from Oberlin College in May with a degree in history and Middle East and North Africa studies. She has written for TIME.com, Women’s eNews, and Ohio’s daily newspaper the Chronicle-Telegram. You can find her on Twitter here.
Bimbatta Niamey, a poised and soft-spoken woman from West Africa’s Burkina Faso, was suddenly stripped of all her stability and left to rebuild her life alone in December 2012, when her husband died of liver complications. The family of her husband, who was a chauffeur, immediately withdrew her entire savings while she cared for him.