Begum, who has a degree in Arts, sits in a ward at the Edhi Home
Shahida Begum, 37, who has a degree in Arts, sits in a ward at the Edhi Home, a shelter for homeless and mentally ill women provided by Edhi foundation, in Karachi November 15, 2012. Begum, who decided to live in the home after she was beaten and divorced by her husband, says her mother and sisters did not want her to stay with them. The Edhi Foundation, a non-profit social welfare programme in Pakistan founded by Abdul Sitar Edhi in 1951, opened the Edhi Home to house women in distress in 1986. Picture taken November 15, 2012. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)