Rethinking Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Young Women in Southern Africa: A Critical Perspective...

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Tamaryn Crankshaw Jane Freedman

Rethinking Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Young Women in Southern Africa

A Critical Perspective

Tamaryn Crankshaw, Jane Freedman, Carolien Aantjes , Nana K. Poku

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Routledge
29 October 2024

Development studies; Illness & addiction: social aspects; Sociology; Birth control, contraception, family planning; Medical sociology

Series: Routledge Global Health Series

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.

Addressing key regional challenges such as high rates of HIV, unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and sexual and gender-based violence, the book highlights how health inequalities in the region are in fact increasing, despite the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of ""leaving no one behind"". The book draws on theoretical analysis and empirical data gathered from studies carried out in five Southern African countries (Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe), arguing that a continued focus on HIV and interventions that target health in a narrow sense often fail to understand the wider socio-economic determinants of poor sexual and reproductive health and the ways in which girls and young women are made vulnerable.

Written by leading scholars in the field, this will be essential reading for students and researchers in Global Health, International Development, Women’s Studies, and all related fields.

By: Tamaryn Crankshaw, Jane Freedman, Carolien Aantjes, Nana K. Poku
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781032540108
ISBN 10: 1032540109
Series: Routledge Global Health Series
Pages: 132
Publication Date: 29 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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

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.