Obstetric Fistulas Case Study

that the main cause of fistulas are the fact that there is a lack of fistula services. The statistics that then go to back this statement up are numbing. It was said that out of the 77 million people living in Ethiopia, there are only 146 gynecologists and obstetricians and most of them are in the cities. This is where the matrix of domination meets gender segregation in that women who are poor and rural don’t receive proper services but often times women in the cities will not be able to receive care either, on the basis that they are women.
One of the doctors at the hospital said that obstetric fistula is something that people do not want to talk about. Women’s health concerns are disregarded by a majority of men in many societies, especially somewhere such as Ethiopia. It is almost as if people believe that if the problem is not discussed, that it will go away. The doctors said that this is clearly not the case and that there needs to be more of an effort placed on acquiring obstetric services throughout the country but the extreme gender apartheid is not going to allow for that to happen. By discounting the health concerns of women, gender apartheid is strengthened.
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A liberal feminist would want to look at how cultural traditions and gender socialization have played a role in Ethiopian society in a historical sense. A liberal feminist would believe that the only way that this problem could be solved would be to create policies that are designed to create equal opportunities for women. Perhaps they would propose legislation that said that children have to be enrolled in school for a certain amount of time or that more schools need to be created. They might propose the creation of more hospitals or seek legislation in other countries, such as the United States, to send aid for maternal health to countries such as