Women's Health is Men's Concern

Abstract

Men of the Chakhesang tribe of Nagaland aid their wives during delivery of the newborn. Most men in the picture-postcard village of Chizami in Phek district believe it is shameful to depend on a neighbour's help when such a momentous event is taking place in their family.

Angami women, like most other women from Nagaland's rural areas, know how to recognise edible herbs and leaves according to the altitude and topography of their growth. They can also collect up to a hundred wild vegetables and fruits from the forests that are nourishing and safeguard health. The social life of the village revolves around gathering food and medicinal plants from the forest.