This chapter discusses how infertility is experienced as a social and cultural disability in the context of Cameroon, Africa. Extensive research material from sub-Saharan countries shows that infertile women are facing serious and painful social and psychological challenges. A qualitative research material on the movement Women for Christ in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cameroon includes one particular story of infertility experiences. The discussion reveals that the movement’s pastoral care practices in the community include infertile women. This movement, in collaboration with the church, provides a space for women who have to cope with infertility to redefine their identity. In this caring community, they develop renewed dignity and status in a context where they are otherwise stigmatized. The church has the potential to further develop this space to also include husbands, so couples can withstand the stigmatization that usually follows the infertile family.
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