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SUMMARY:Fertility\, Gender and the Family in Twentieth-Century East Africa
   - Dr Shane Doyle\, University of Leeds
DTSTART:20150309T170000Z
DTEND:20150309T183000Z
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CONTACT:Judith Weik
DESCRIPTION:This Talk is part of the Centre of African Studies Lent term S
 eminar Series: Gender in Africa \n\nHuman fertility has changed enormously
  in many East Africa societies over the past century\, rising rapidly towa
 rds the end of the colonial period\, and then\, decades later\, declining 
 just as sharply\, before stabilising at a relatively high level. This pape
 r will consider East Africa's unusual reproductive history through a focus
  on gender and family relations. It will examine the varying importance of
  the older generation in reproductive decision-making by the young\; how t
 he changing nature of marriage has shaped fertility patterns\; and whether
  the apparent shift in power from lineage to family has affected fertility
  strategies. In particular the paper will discuss how family and gender ha
 ve influenced the use of postponing\, spacing and stopping as mechanisms o
 f fertility limitation in East Africa. Finally it will consider the impact
  of changing fertility patterns on gender and family\, examining issues su
 ch as the rapid decline in female infertility seen in many societies\, and
  the increase in the proportion of men who were able to marry and have chi
 ldren.
LOCATION:Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge
  CB3 9DT
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