Militarization, Gender and Reproductive Health in South Sudan

Jok Madut Jok

Edward Mellon Press, December 1998

Jok Madut Jok

Anthropology Department

Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict & Collaboration

Africa (Sub-Saharan)

Health Policy

Parenting & Family

Edward Mellon Press

Militarization, Gender and Reproductive Health in South Sudan

This volume examines two aspects of reproductive health among the Dinka of South Sudan: first, sexual and reproductive roles expected of women as their contribution to the national liberation struggle; second , their acknowledgement of the role and their simultaneous strategies to maintain their health.