Ethiopia

Ethiopian mothers are primarily rural and traditional. Commonly seen in Ethiopia are women carrying their babies on their backs, though sometimes a young girl may substitute for her mother and carry a younger sibling in the same manner. Ethiopian woman are responsible for the children, animals, and home, while the men generally have more freedom. Many Ethiopian women face daily challenges of poverty and disease: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), malnutrition, and lack of access to clean water and quality health care are major [Page 365]problems in this east African country, the result of which is that many women suffer from poor maternal health. Just 10 percent of women give birth with a trained attendant, and the maternal mortality rate is a high 850 per 100,000 ...