Exploring Somali women ’s reproductive health knowledge and experiences: results from focus group discussions in Mogadishu

With a total fertility ratio of 6.7 children per woman, a maternal mortality ratio over 1,000 deaths per 100,000 live births, high rates of sexual and gender-based violence, and the lowest contraceptive prevalence rate in the world, women ’s reproductive health indices in Somalia prove alarming. The voices of women living in Somalia have long been neglected and we undertook this qualitative study to explore women’s reproductive health knowledge and experiences. In 2014, we conducted four focus group discussions with 21 married an d unmarried women of reproductive age living in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tags: Feature Source Type: research