&lt;em&gt;Imbusa&lt;/em&gt; as a Return to the Divine: Sexual Desire,
                    Gender, and Female Ritual in Bemba Mythology

Kaunda, Chammah J.; Kaunda, Mutale M.

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“…Furthermore, living unofficially married to a man is associated with having a higher likelihood of using contraception. In the cultural context of Zambia, the expectations of married women likely lead them to choose to let their partner be the sole decision maker as they perceive greater benefit from this arrangement ( 21 ).…”

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Factors that influence married/partnered women’s decisions to use contraception in Zambia

Chiziba,

Chewe,

Hangoma

2024

Front. Glob. Womens Health

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According to the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSs), Zambia has shown an increasing trend in the percentage of married women using contraceptives in the last three decades. As of 2018, this percentage increased from 34.2% in 2001 to 40.8% in 2007 and from 45% in 2013 to 48% in 2018. Despite the increasing trend in contraceptive use, the unmet needs remain relatively high. The low percentage of contraception use translates into 20% of women of reproductive age who are either married/partnered and want to stop or delay childbearing but are not using contraception. This study analyzed factors other than availability that influence women’s ability to make or influence the decision to use contraception using logistic regression using data from the Zambia 2013/2014 and 2018 DHSs. Furthermore, adjusted odds ratios and predicted probabilities were estimated using the fitted logistic regression. Data on 8,335 women were analyzed, and 13.7% (n = 1,145) had their husband as the sole decision maker for contraception use, while 86.3% (n = 7,189) made the decisions or participated in making the decision. Contrary to most literature, those with primary or secondary school education were less likely to decide than those without education. The data also associate women who contribute to daily household decisions to having a say in deciding to use contraception. Lastly, women using reversible contraception methods, other methods, hormonal methods, and fertility awareness were associated with less likelihood to decide on using contraceptives than those using barrier methods. Women with lower household decision-making powers are less likely to make or influence decisions to use contraception. Consequently, there is a need to prioritize such women in interventions aimed at increasing contraception use decision-making. Furthermore, more studies are required to investigate why uneducated women in Zambia are more likely to choose contraception. Also, the vast odds ratio difference between all other methods compared to barrier methods (condoms) indicates underlying factors that play a role, which warrants further studies.

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Factors that influence married/partnered women’s decisions to use contraception in Zambia

Chiziba,

Chewe,

Hangoma

2024

Front. Glob. Womens Health

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“…The beads were a symbolic communication of their desires as well between the couples. Kaunda and Kaunda (2021) note that Bemba:…”

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“…It is within imbusa that sexual agency for marital sex is taught, and therefore, the author will constantly draw on imbusa teachings because this is the space where the teaching on beads as agency is taught. There is empirical research on imbusa as a premarital rite of passage by various scholars; for further reading see Richards (1956Richards ( , 1982Richards ( and reprinted in 2021; Rasing (1995Rasing ( , 2001Rasing ( , 2004Rasing ( , 2021; Haynes (2012Haynes ( , 2015; Kaunda (2013Kaunda ( , 2016Kaunda ( , 2021 and Mukuka (2018), just to mention a few. Anthropologists and missionaries pioneered the work on initiation rites in Africa and other regions.…”

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Beads of agency: Bemba women’s imbusa and indigenous marital communication

Kaunda

2023

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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<em>Imbusa</em> as a Return to the Divine: Sexual Desire, Gender, and Female Ritual in Bemba Mythology

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Factors that influence married/partnered women’s decisions to use contraception in Zambia

Factors that influence married/partnered women’s decisions to use contraception in Zambia

Beads of agency: Bemba women’s imbusa and indigenous marital communication

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