Rethinking Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Young Women in Southern Africa: A Critical Perspective (Routledge Global Health Series) - Softcover

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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032540079 ISBN 13: 9781032540078

Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032540079
• ISBN 13: 9781032540078
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 140