In Karachi, Pakistan, female health workers have taken the lead in the fight to end polio. Despite local resistance, and even coming under attack in some instances, these women continue to go door to door administering the life-saving polio vaccine to area children and educating parents who resist treatment for their children. Due to Pakistani tradition, men aren’t allowed to interact with women who aren’t relatives, so females have been put to task to run anti-polio campaigns throughout the country. Many people liken their work to being on the front lines during war, and are calling for their recognition in the form of the Nobel Prize.

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