SYOMBUA NDWALE AND NDWALE MUTISO TAKE A BREAK FROM CULTIVATING THEIR MAIZE CROP, 2002-04-09 (photo)

Syombua Ndwale 39 (L), wife to Ndwale Mutiso 80 (R), take a break from cultivating their maize crop in Kenya's Kyanzasu village in the arid Machakos district, 120 kilometres from Nairobi on April 9, 2002. Although a dying tradition among East African Bantu people, some barren women marry women with children to ensure their family line lives on and they have a new generation to provide for them in their old age. The Maweto women, who give up the rights to their children, say they are rejected by society which sees them as little more than unmarried prostitutes. REUTERS/George Mulala TO MATCH STORY SLUGGED - KENYA WOMEN MARRIAGE. GMM