Rethinking Sexual Reproductive Health Rights for Young Women in - A Critical Perspective

This important book provides a critical examination of the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of young women and girls in Southern Africa, examining the ways in which current policies and programmes aimed at improving SRHR often fail to reach the most marginalised populations.

Sommario

Acknowledgements
1: Introduction
2: Understanding and Identifying Vulnerability in SRHR research and policy
3: Understanding the Vulnerabilities of Sexual-Economic Exchange
4: Going beyond HIV: Shifting the Dialogue from Risk to Rights
5: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: The Most Pressing Challenge for SRHR?
6: Conclusion: Vulnerability and Climate Change
Index

Info autore

Tamaryn L. Crankshaw is a senior research fellow and leads the SRHR Programme at the Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Jane Freedman is a Professor at the Université of Paris 8, France, and Director of the Paris Centre for Sociological and Political Research (CRESPPA).
Carolien Aantjes is a senior research fellow at HEARD at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and a senior researcher in the Access to Justice research group of the Inholland University of Applied Sciences in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Nana K. Poku is the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa, and Executive Director at the Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at UKZN.

Riassunto

This important book provides a critical examination of the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of young women and girls in Southern Africa, examining the ways in which current policies and programmes aimed at improving SRHR often fail to reach the most marginalised populations.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Carolien Aantjes, Tamaryn Crankshaw, Tamaryn Freedman Crankshaw, Jane Freedman, Freedman Jane, Nana K. Poku
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032540078
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3254007-8
• Pagine: 132
• Serie: Routledge Global Health Series
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, MEDICAL / Public Health, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / Reproductive Medicine & Technology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Southern Africa, Development Studies, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Birth control, contraception, family planning, reproductive health;southern africa;sexual rights