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

Kammila Naidoo, Oluwafemi Adeagbo and Melanie Pleaner

SAGE Open, 2019, vol. 9, issue 3, 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.

Keywords: AGYW; sexual and reproductive health; sub-Saharan Africa; HIV; gender-based violence; vulnerability; adolescent motherhood (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244019859951

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