Watch Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide – Night 2. You can check the episodes out at your local library, or you can rent/buy on Amazon: (Free with Prime membership)
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Segment 2. Discrimination to death
Segment 3. Midwives in Somaliland
Segment 4. A force of nature
Edna Adan is the first licensed nurse-midwife in her Somalia. From 1997 to 2006 Maternal Mortality decreased from 16 deaths per 1,000 live births to 10 per 1,000.
Henslin defines a social problem as an aspect of society (the objective condition) that large numbers of people are concerned about (the subjective condition). 1
Explain how this documentary covers both the objective and subjective elements of the the social problem of Maternal Mortality in Somalia.
What forces are working against women in Somalia, despite the objective statistics that show women are oppressed?
Do research on the practice of FGM in the USA. Is it practiced and is it legal?