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"My mother is a very strong woman. She was a midwife who learned her skills from her mother. In the past, most villages had several midwives. Midwives are very respected community members. They must be strong and not be afraid of blood, a powerful,…

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"The earliest reports on the health of Orang Asli women appeared after 1945. By the 1960s maternal health care was a thriving part of the Gombak Hospital scene and problems such as maternal anemia, undernutrition, and associated perinatal death were…

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"The women, by contrast, did not own a single piece of audio equipment. If their personal belongings had increased, it was because their husbands had chosen to given them things. With few exceptions, the women had stopped producing the smaller cane…

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"Some women had ne never ventured outside the forest and refused to do so on the grounds that Malay and Chinese men would try to attack or harrass them. When the occasional Malay or Chinese (always men) entered the forest, all the people of a…

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"Marriage is primarily regarded as a cooperative union in which the couple form a self-sufficient economic unit. together they can accomplish all the tasks necessary for survival: clearing and planting new fields, hunting, fishing, gathering,…

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"Orang Asli women did become known to some Europeans as hard workers. For example, it was reported that on a journey they carried children, household necessities, and perhaps even some chickens or a puppy. Some English expedition men were impressed…

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"Perhaps, it is an apt to conclude this report with the message of a song about a Semai woman called Wak Bong. While the lyrics are recent, the melody and the musical accompaniment are traditional - precisely the marriage between the traditional and…

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"We also realised that Semai women today seem to be under the men's power and control. The men themselves have assumed that they possess this authority over the women. They see their responsibility to the family in merely making sure that they get…

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"Thus, one of the saddest outcome of this imposition by, and then absorption of, the dominant culture is that Orang Asli women take on a more secondary role in both the Orang Asli community and the wider society at large. Their involvement in the…

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Focuses on the practices and conceptions of prevention in home care that were prevalent among Quebec families during the first half of 20th century.

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