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YEAR: 2005

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Counseling contraception for Malian migrants in Paris: global, state, and

personal politics. [Un counseling sur la contraception à l'attention des

immigrés maliens à Paris : des politiques internationales, nationales et

personnelles.]

AUTHORS

Sargent C

SOURCE

Human Organization. 2005 Summer;64(1):[23] p.

ABSTRACT

Malian migrants in Paris figure prominently in French public discourse surrounding immigration, the role of the state

in regulating population, and the perceived burden of migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa on public health and social

welfare systems. Political and biomedical critiques of Malian and other African women have linked high fertility to

housing shortages, polygamy, and high unemployment. This research explores how French government policies,

transnational migration, and the public health system shape reproductive strategies and relations in the Malian

migrant population. State pronatalism, antiimmigrant sentiment, diverse Islamic interpretations of contraception, and

marital tensions over childbearing have produced both coercive and empowering strategies among midwives,

hospital interpreters, social workers, and migrants. Interviews with Malians in clinical community settings as well as

observations in two public hospitals in Paris suggest that women assert agency in the face of formidable constraints

by choosing to use contraception. However, evidence of potentially coercive birth control interventions raises

challenging questions about how (and whether) midwives and other staff disseminate information on contraception to

this population. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT1T 52-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Counseling contraception for Malian migrants in Paris:

global, state, and personal politics. [Un counseling sur la contraception à l'attention des immigrés maliens à Paris :

des politiques internationales, nationales et personnelles.]", is(are) Sargent C. The source of this article is "Human

Organization. 2005 Summer;64(1):[23] p.". This article was published in 2005 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT1T 52-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 52

This article is peer-reviewed.

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