Mwatambudzeni's short life.
This fictional story depicts a young Zimbabwean girl's short life amid the struggles of poverty, cultural practices, and access to health care. Through Mwatambudzeni's story, we experience her lost educational opportunities, unsuccessful fight against a system of harmful cultural practices, and her premature death caused by lack of available health care services. But it also offers a glimmer of hope as young girls, not wanting to follow in Mwatambudzeni's footsteps, begin to empower themselves through education.
Kanchense
Jane Hardina Murigwa
JH
Education and Research Services, Peace County Health, Regional Community Health Services, Public Health Office, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada.
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage / Q000208:ethnology; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D011203:Poverty; D011247:Pregnancy; D012940:Social Problems; D016387:Women's Health; D014933:Women's Rights; D015030:Zimbabwe