Rasha Kelej, B.Sc Pharma, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Merck Foundation. My views are personal.
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"In Many African cultures, childless women are often rejected and abused. Infertility is wrongly viewed as a curse or a stigma. It is very sad to learn that women are still being abused and subject to violence, for their inability to bear children. I have personally met many childless women in villages of Africa who shared their stories of suffering and abuse, it was critical for me and for Merck Foundation to empower them through information, health and change of mind-set."~Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO Merck Foundation & President Merck More than a Mother.
Jackline Mwende, a young woman of 27 years from Masii, Machakos County in Kenya had her hands hacked off - not by thieves but by her own husband for failing to conceive, even though he was the one with fertility problems.
Merck More than a Mother initiative continues to support Jackline Mwende, a victim of infertility stigma, throughout the rest of her life after having her hands brutally chopped off for failing to bear children after seven years of marriage. Like Jackline , Merck Foundation supports many childless women across Africa and Asia to become heroines of Merck more than a Mother.
