Childlessness in Bangladesh

This book examines the intersectionality and stratified lived experience of rural poor and urban middle-class childless women in Bangladesh.

Papreen Nahar is a Senior Research Fellow in Medical Anthropology and Global Health based in the Department of Global Health and Infection at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, UK. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on gender issues and marginalised populations, including on infertility, in low- and middle-income contexts in the global south.

Prelude: Two cases of childless women from Bangladesh,Hiramon's story, Normoda's story; 1 Introduction; 2 The motherhood question; 3 Consequences of childlessness; 4 Social and cultural construction of childlessness; 5 Journey to conception; 6 Services, programs and policies concerning infertility; 7 Childless women's resistance to their situations; 8 Notes on methodology; 9 Concluding remarks; Epilogue; Bibliography; Appendices; Abbreviations