Experts Decry Stigma Against Women With Infertility
As ‘Merck More Than A Mother’ Campaign Debuts In Nigeria There was serious outrage by many people across the world when the news broke recently over a husband in Kenya who hacked his wife’s hands off with a machete for failing to conceive after seven years of marriage – though he was impotent. Jackline Mwende was brutally slashed by her husband, Stephen Ngila, 34, at her home in Masii, Machakos County after he told her ‘Today is your last day.’ Mwende, 27, was also left with horrific injuries to her head. The case had sparked outrage in Kenya. Mwende who is now being supported by “Merck More than a Mother” initiative to empower and enable her to become an independent productive member in society throughout the rest of her life represent millions of African women with similar tragedy. Winifred (not real name) graduate, married in 2005 at the age of 27, to her seemingly heartthrob in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT). She engaged in various f