Women, Sexuality and the Changing Social Order: The Impact of Government Policies on Reproductive Behavior in Kenya (International Studies in Global Change)
By Unknown Author.
Description
This volume examines the effect of government policies and social restrictions on the reproductive behavior and family life of the women of Kenya, especially the Kikuyu people. Importation of techniques for social and behavioral regulation from the developed nations, the social restructuring that followed the colonial intervention, the Mau Mau uprisings, and current widespread concern with AIDS have disrupted traditional influences on Kenyan reproductive behavior and family life. In response to these changes, women mobilized into a movement comprised of small local women's groups scatt...
ISBN(s)
2881244998, 9782881244995
