Journal article
Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: Research, Policy, and Practice
SAGE open, Vol.9(3), p.215824401985995
07/04/2019
DOI: 10.1177/2158244019859951
Abstract
Seventeen articles make up this special collection, covering a range of different, but cross-cutting themes. These highlight contemporary concerns in African research and scholarship about the factors configuring the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). The articles interrogate contextual and cultural impediments, problematic representations, perceptions of vulnerabilities and rights, experiences of gender-based violence, coercive sex, unplanned motherhood-and agency, resistance and strategic interventions. While a diverse range of issues, theories, and methodologies are evident, all the articles reflect on how the circumstances of young women in Africa can be effectively improved to engender empowerment, good health, and personal and sexual autonomy.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: Research, Policy, and Practice
- Creators
- Kammila Naidoo - University of JohannesburgOluwafemi Adeagbo - University of JohannesburgMelanie Pleaner - University of the Witwatersrand
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- SAGE open, Vol.9(3), p.215824401985995
- DOI
- 10.1177/2158244019859951
- ISSN
- 2158-2440
- eISSN
- 2158-2440
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/04/2019
- Academic Unit
- Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984274665702771
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