“Sex is sweet”: women from low-income contexts in Uganda talk about sexual desire and pleasure
In many patriarchal societies in Africa, heterosexuality is privileged as the single legitimate form of sexual interaction; other sexualities are marginalised because they are perceived as un-African, abnormal, sinful and are repressed. Female sexuality too is subordinated and controlled with it being reduced to women ’s conventional mothering roles that are conflated with their reproductive capacities. However, there is evidence that women in heterosexual relations have the opportunity to assert themselves and to define pleasurable sex. (Source: Reproductive Health Matters)
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Florence Kyoheirwe Muhanguzi Tags: Feature Source Type: research
Facing negative reactions to sexuality education through a Multicultural Human Rights framework
Sexuality education, its protocols and planning are contingent on an ever-changing political environment that characterizes the field of sexuality in most countries. In Brazil, human rights perspectives shaped the country ’s response to the AIDS epidemic, and indirectly influenced the public acceptability of sexuality education in schools. Since 2011, however, as multiple fundamentalist movements emerged in the region, leading to recurrent waves of backlashes in all matters related to sexuality, both health and edu cational policies have begun to crawl backwards. (Source: Reproductive Health Matters)
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Vera Paiva, Valeria N. Silva Tags: Feature Source Type: research
Sexual identity stigma and social support among men who have sex with men in Lesotho: a qualitative analysis
Men who have sex with men (MSM) face sexual identity stigma in many settings, which can increase risk for HIV by limiting access to care. This paper examines the roles of social support, sexual identity stigma, and sexual identity disclosure among MSM in Lesotho, a lower-middle income country within South Africa. Qualitative data were collected from 23 in-depth interview and six focus group participants and content analysis was performed to extract themes. Four primary themes emerged: 1) Verbal abuse from the broader community is a major challenge faced by MSM in Lesotho, 2) participants who were open about their sexual id...
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Shauna Stahlman, Kali Bechtold, Stephanie Sweitzer, Tampose Mothopeng, Noah Taruberekera, John Nkonyana, Stefan Baral Tags: Feature Source Type: research
Exploring Somali women ’s reproductive health knowledge and experiences: results from focus group discussions in Mogadishu
With a total fertility ratio of 6.7 children per woman, a maternal mortality ratio over 1,000 deaths per 100,000 live births, high rates of sexual and gender-based violence, and the lowest contraceptive prevalence rate in the world, women ’s reproductive health indices in Somalia prove alarming. The voices of women living in Somalia have long been neglected and we undertook this qualitative study to explore women’s reproductive health knowledge and experiences. In 2014, we conducted four focus group discussions with 21 married an d unmarried women of reproductive age living in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Source: Reproductive Health Matters)
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Faduma Gure, Marian Yusuf, Angel M. Foster Tags: Feature Source Type: research
The history and role of the criminal law in anti-FGM campaigns: Is the criminal law what is needed, at least in countries like Great Britain?
The history of campaigns against female genital mutilation (FGM) began in the 1920s. From the beginning, it was recognised that FGM was considered an important rite of passage between childhood and adulthood for girls, based on the importance of controlling female sexuality to maintain chastity and family honour, and to make girls marriageable. How to separate the “cut” from these deeply held norms is a question not yet adequately answered, yet I believe the answer is key to stopping the practice. (Source: Reproductive Health Matters)
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Marge Berer Tags: COMMENTARY Source Type: research
Sound and Fury – engaging with the politics and the law of sexual rights
Although past resistance to sexual rights in global debates has often been grounded in claims to culture, nation and religion, opposition voices are now using, rather than rejecting, the frame of international human rights. This Commentary argues that, despite opponents’ attempts to defeat sexual rights with other rights claims, a careful understanding of the principles of international human rights and its legal development exposes how the use of rights to oppose sexual rights should, and will ultimately, fail. (Source: Reproductive Health Matters)
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Alice M. Miller, Sofia Gruskin, Jane Cottingham, Eszter Kismödi Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
The history and role of the criminal law in anti-FGM campaigns: Is the criminal law what is needed, at least in countries like Great Britain?
The history of campaigns against female genital mutilation (FGM) began in the 1920s. From the beginning, it was recognised that FGM was considered an important rite of passage between childhood and adulthood for girls, based on the importance of controlling female sexuality to maintain chastity and family honour, and to make girls marriageable. How to separate the “cut” from these deeply held norms is a question not yet adequately answered, yet I believe the answer is key to stopping the practice. (Source: Reproductive Health Matters)
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Marge Berer Tags: COMMENTARY Source Type: research
Sound and Fury – engaging with the politics and the law of sexual rights
Although past resistance to sexual rights in global debates has often been grounded in claims to culture, nation and religion, opposition voices are now using, rather than rejecting, the frame of international human rights. This Commentary argues that, despite opponents ’ attempts to defeat sexual rights with other rights claims, a careful understanding of the principles of international human rights and its legal development exposes how the use of rights to oppose sexual rights should, and will ultimately, fail. (Source: Reproductive Health Matters)
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Alice M. Miller, Sofia Gruskin, Jane Cottingham, Eszter Kism ödi Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Assessing political priority for reproductive health in Ethiopia
This study seeks to assess the generation and institutionalization of political priority for reproductive health within the political systems of Ethiopia. (Source: Reproductive Health Matters)
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ndola Prata, Anna Summer Tags: Issues In Current Policy Source Type: research
Sexual health, human rights and the law
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Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: BOOKSHELF Source Type: research
Assessing political priority for reproductive health in Ethiopia
This study seeks to assess the generation and institutionalization of political priority for reproductive health within the political systems of Ethiopia. (Source: Reproductive Health Matters)
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 8, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ndola Prata, Anna Summer Tags: Issues In Current Policy Source Type: research
Sexual health, human rights and the law
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Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 8, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: BOOKSHELF Source Type: research
What the eye does not see: a critical interpretive synthesis of European Union policies addressing sexual violence in vulnerable migrants
In Europe, refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants are more vulnerable to sexual victimisation than European citizens. They face more challenges when seeking care. This literature review examines how legal and policy frameworks at national, European and international levels condition the prevention of and response to sexual violence affecting these vulnerable migrant communities living in the European Union (EU). Applying the Critical Interpretive Synthesis method, we reviewed 187 legal and policy documents and 80 peer-reviewed articles on migrant sexual health for elements on sexual violence and further analyse...
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 8, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ines Keygnaert, Aurore Guieu Tags: ISSUES IN CURRENT POLICY Source Type: research
“Sexuality? A million things come to mind”: reflections on gender and sexuality by Chilean adolescents
This study is based on four focus group discussions and 20 semi-structured interviews with adolescents, and seven interviews with key informants in Santiago, Chile. (Source: Reproductive Health Matters)
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 8, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Anna K-J Macintyre, Adela R Montero Vega, Mette Sagbakken Tags: Feature Source Type: research
