Displaced women in eastern Ethiopia stand up to pressure, stigma over family planning
UNITED NATIONS, New York/SOMALI REGION, Ethiopia –Trik Dulene knows all about bullying and coercion when it comes to a woman ’s reproductive choices. Although she and her husband agreed to usefamily planning after their two daughters were born, her in-laws demanded she give them more grandchildren. The pressure eventually broke apart her marriage: When her daughters were 12 and 15, her husband left them.
Source: UNFPA News - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: zerzan Source Type: news
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