Pregnancy, Maternity and Discrimination: An Anthropological Perspective

Pregnancy is the time period in which a woman brings a new life that progress from one generation to the next one. It is the most important and crucial life stage as it needs more care and protection. Care during pregnancy depends on many aspects such as nutrition and diet, clothing, personal hygiene, exercise, physiological and psychological changes. All these factors are responsible for healthy pregnancy outcomes. Complete knowledge of all these aspects can help a woman in the best way. Many studies found that economic status, lack of knowledge and general health of the women affects too much during maternity. Further studies needs to be conducted in the respective field so that some beneficial outcomes can be achieved. Policy makers should be more focused on rural, migrant or illiterate women as these women are the most sufferers. These studies can help government to further investigate the problems and its root cause so that it can be uprooted as soon as possible.