scholarly journals Empowerment as a pre-requisite to managing and influencing health in the workplace: The sexual and reproductive health needs of factory women migrant workers in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
pp. 0143831X2110247
Author(s):  
Lilian Miles ◽  
Tim Freeman ◽  
Lai Wan Teng ◽  
Suziana Mat Yasin ◽  
Kelvin Ying
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Workplace Democracy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Effect Change ◽  
Normative Expectations ◽  
And Migration

Malaysia is a major importer of migrant labour within the ASEAN region, and migration has adverse implications for the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of women migrant workers. Given the centrality of the workplace to the lives of such women, this article reports a qualitative analysis of interview data with women migrant workers ( N = 14) and wider stakeholders ( N = 10) and considers the extent to which they are able to effect change in workplace SRH policy and practice. Informed by Jo Rowlands’ typology of power and model of empowerment, the analysis considers the extent to which normative expectations of process and collective mobilisation upon which feminist empowerment models are predicated operate in such contexts, and discusses the implications of the findings for research to advance workplace democracy.

scholarly journals How prepared are young, rural women in India to address their sexual and reproductive health needs? a cross-sectional assessment of youth in Jharkhand

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sushanta K. Banerjee ◽  
Kathryn L. Andersen ◽  
Janardan Warvadekar ◽  
Paramita Aich ◽  
Amit Rawat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Women In India

Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Sex Workers: Two Feminist Projects in Brazil

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (29) ◽  
pp. 108-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra S Chacham ◽  
Simone G Diniz ◽  
Mônica B Maia ◽  
Ana F Galati ◽  
Liz A Mirim
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Needs

scholarly journals Intersectionality and the Struggle for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: An Analysis of UN Discursive Patterns

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Amie Ritchie
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Women's Movement ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Population Movement ◽  
Development Discourse ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Normative Argument ◽  
Men’S Involvement

<p>This thesis makes the normative argument that intersectionality should be taken seriously by the United Nations in their efforts to address Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). This work suggests that, in spite of widespread recognition of the value of intersectionality for approaching issues of SRHR, the UN has insufficiently adopted the theory into its policy and practice. At the international policy level, intersectionality is nearly absent as a paradigm, yet its central components are dominant within mainstream development discourse. These components include discourses of women's empowerment, human rights, and men's involvement. Drawing on critical feminist and race theory, I argue that a narrow gender vision of SRHR is not sufficient and that intersectionality should be recognized both in discourse and practice by UN agencies. This argument is examined along the parallel tracks of the population movement within the UN system and the evolution of the global women's movement (GWM). This study shows that the UN system has traditionally adopted the approaches and discourses of the global women's movement, as analysed over four decades of UN population movement discourse. However, a shift occurring at the new millennium, as well as significant political barriers barring a discussion of race and racism, have led to a break in this relationship, damaging the take-up of GWM discourse. The conclusion drawn from this argument is that SRHR is an intersectional issue and the new and emerging intersectional paradigm must be adopted by the UN in order to effectively address SRHR on a local and global scale.</p>

scholarly journals Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: Research, Policy, and Practice

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401985995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kammila Naidoo ◽  
Oluwafemi Adeagbo ◽  
Melanie Pleaner
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Diverse Range

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.

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