Feminization and Stigmatization of Infertility in Malawi

• Yazar: Boetumelo Julianne Nyasulu (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Graduate Institute Publications
• Konular: Humanities; stigma; sociology; discrimination; infertility; women
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The World Health Organization defines infertility as the inability to conceive after 12 months of regular and unprotected sex (WHO, 1975). Despite research that has shown that 50 per cent of infertility cases can be attributed to the male partner, in many societies the blame is cast on the woman, he...