MILITARISM, GENDER AND REPRODUCTIVE SUFFERING: THE CASE OF ABORTION IN WESTERN DINKA.

From: Africa | Date: March 22, 1999| Author: Jok, Jok Madut | Copyright information

This article addresses the issue of abortion and reproductive suffering among the Dinka in an emergency relief centre called Akon and in a number of adjacent villages in south-western Sudan (hereafter, Western Dinka). It does so in the context of culturally defined gender relations and the culture of militarisation of the young male population. It looks at reproductive strategies in the light of the larger framework of gender relations and changes in behaviour resulting from the co...

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