Mergy Gayatri
University of Nottingham, UK
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Health Edu Res Dev
Gender discrimination is inequality between women and men in terms of status and role that is constructed by society based on culture and value in the community in certain period of time. Poverty is one leading cause of double burden, one type of gender discrimination. Double burden affects women�s physics and psychology during pregnancy. This study aims to explore women�s experience in double burden during their pregnancy period. Furthermore, this study was conducted in 2012 using phenomenology approach. The sample of this study is five post-natal women that were drawn by using purposive sampling. Subsequently, in-depth interview was used in order to explore the experience of double burden among women in their pregnancy period, the role of their partners, women�s physical condition and psychological condition in their pregnancy, and women�s hope related to double burden. The results show that women who experienced double burden during pregnancy argue that they obligate to do domestic works. Furthermore, during their pregnancy, they had either physical or psychological disorders, therefore they hoped that their partners have would ease their double burden.
Email: msxmg3@nottingham.com
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