Sökning: "reproductive autonomy"

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  1. 6. Intimate partner violence among women of reproductive age in Nigeria : magnitude, nature and consequences for reproductive health

    Författare :Leah Okenwa; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Karolinska institutet Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) against women is now recognised as a problem of global magnitude, owing to its detrimental consequences on the health, social and economic welfare of women and their children. This scenario has prompted increased research to understand its risk factors and data has indicated contextual variation in this regard, warranting an assessment in each unique setting. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Implementation of International Human Rights Law: A Discourse Theoretical Study Illustrated by the Right to Family Planning in Indonesian Law

    Författare :Johanna Nilsson; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; discourse analysis; reproductive rights; family planning; Indonesia; Indonesian law; international human rights law; discourse theory; International law;

    Sammanfattning : Discourse theory methodology provides an alternative and novel framework for human rights implementation as a topic of legal research. By conceptualising implementation of international human rights norms in a national legal context as a play of discourses competing for hegemony, it becomes possible to explore the workings of human rights constructions as well as where and how implementation fails or succeeds. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Coming of Contraceptive Age: An Interdiciplinary Analysis of Hormonal Contraceptives and Mental Health

    Författare :Sofia Zettermark; Socialepidemiologi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Interdisciplinary; Social Epidemiology; Gender Studies; Hormonal Contraceptives; Reproductive Justice; Intersectionality;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis emanates from the discursive gap between a medical discourse andexperience-driven knowledges in mental health aspects of hormonal contraceptives.The tensions and fractures between a medical discourse focusing on contraceptiveeffectiveness and largely refuting any significant adverse outcomes, and experiencebasednarratives of commonplace detrimental, or at least unwelcome and unpleasant,mental health effects, is apparent. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Between opportunities and risks : adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Zambia

    Författare :Elisabeth Dahlbäck; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Adolescents; premarital pregnancies; contraception; abortion; gender; Zambia;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Adolescence is a dynamic period in life with both opportunities and risks related to the culturally constructed gender norms. Many adolescents in sub-Saharan countries, Zambia included, lack control over their own sexual and reproductive lives, due to factors such as gender inequality, poverty, and sociocultural and religious norms. LÄS MER

  7. 10. A Man of Power : Gender and HIV/AIDS in Zambia

    Författare :Paul Dover; Sjaak van der Geest; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; Zambia; Goba; gender; sexual and reproductive health; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the construction of masculinity and femininity in relation to sexual and reproductive health (SRH). The ethnographic material is from fieldwork among the Goba people in a rural area in southern Zambia and two peri-urban communities near Lusaka. LÄS MER