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For some women, birth control is still a taboo

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While birth control methods have enabled women to have children when they want, hence are able to pursue their careers, for some it is a curse.

Halima (name withheld for fear of stigmatisation) from Kiamaiko in Nairobi had gotten away with using contraceptives for years before her husband discovered. When he did, he left never to return.

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