Delivering culturally sensitive, sexual health education in western Kenya: a phenomenological case study.

Afr J AIDS Res. 2017 Sep;16(3):193-202. doi: 10.2989/16085906.2017.1349682. Delivering culturally sensitive, sexual health education in western Kenya: a phenomenological case study. Lacey G ABSTRACT While generic programmes have been created to raise sexual health awareness, these cannot always be applied to communities whose cultures and circumstances make them especially vulnerable to infection. Taking a phenomenologicalContinue reading “Delivering culturally sensitive, sexual health education in western Kenya: a phenomenological case study.”

Powerlessness, Normalization, and Resistance: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Women’s Narratives On Obstetric Fistula in Eastern Sudan.

Qual Health Res. 2017 Oct;27(12):1828-1841. doi: 10.1177/1049732317720423. Epub 2017 Aug 2. Powerlessness, Normalization, and Resistance: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Women’s Narratives On Obstetric Fistula in Eastern Sudan. Hamed S, Ahlberg BM, Trenholm J. ABSTRACT Eastern Sudan has high prevalence of female circumcision and child marriage constituting a risk for developing obstetric fistula. Few studiesContinue reading “Powerlessness, Normalization, and Resistance: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Women’s Narratives On Obstetric Fistula in Eastern Sudan.”

Gender equality and human rights approaches to female genital mutilation: a review of international human rights norms and standards

Reprod Health. 2017 May 12;14(1):59. doi: 10.1186/s12978-017-0322-5. Gender equality and human rights approaches to female genital mutilation: a review of international human rights norms and standards Khosla R, Banerjee J, Chou D, Say L, Fried ST ABSTRACT Two hundred million girls and women in the world are estimated to have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), and anotherContinue reading “Gender equality and human rights approaches to female genital mutilation: a review of international human rights norms and standards”