Women, Sexuality and the Changing Social Order : The Impact of Government Policies on Reproductive Behavior in Kenya Paperback / softback

by Beth Maina Ahlberg

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This book, first published in 1991, examines the effect of government policies and social restrictions on the reproductive behaviour and family life of the women of Kenya, especially the Kikuyu people.

Importation of techniques for social and behavioural 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 behaviour and family life.

In response to these changes, women mobilised into a movement comprised of small local womenâ€™s groups scattered throughout Kenya that attempt to educate and influence both its members and government policy.

The successes and failures of this movement offer important lessons for the rest of Africa and the developing world.