Incident HIV during Pregnancy and Postpartum and Risk of Mother-to-Child HIV …

Background: Women may have persistent risk of HIV acquisition during pregnancy and postpartum. Estimating risk of HIV during these periods is important to inform optimal prevention approaches. We p…

Human trafficking: Commercial sexual exploitation and forced domestic labour …

Just like social occurrences such as human sacrifice and slavery enhanced retardation of progress in Africa in the past, trafficking is another social occurrence addressed in contemporary African l…

Effect of maternal age on facility-based delivery: analysis of first-order bi…

Objectives Increasing access to skilled birth attendance, usually via childbirth in health facilities, is a key intervention to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Yet, in some c…

Influences on Women’s Choices of Careers in Construction: A South African S…

This paper analyses the factors influencing the choices of careers in construction by South African women. The literature on challenges which influence women’s choices of careers in construction …

A qualitative study of women’s network social support and facility delivery…

Similar to many sub-Saharan African countries, maternal mortality in Ghana ranks among the highest (39th) globally. Prior research has demonstrated the impact of social network characteristics on h…

Researching sexuality with young women: Southern Africa

This issue of Feminist Africa is a special edition which foregrounds the research created, with the young women, through the five different teams. Jill Bradbury and Peace Kiguwa, working with a tea…

The Feminist Organisational Development Tool (Full version in English and Fre…

"The Feminist Organisational Development Tool (OD Tool) has been developed in response to the identified need for a mechanism by which to operationalise The Feminist Charter. It is designed to be…

The Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and Their Engagement in Pub…

This article is informed by the work and writings of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and what ordinary African women are doing as agents of social transformation in their churches…

Perception of Beninese on Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from 2011-2012 …

Background: Violence against women remains an important issue of inequality in African societies, with several consequences to health, social and economic status. This study aims to identify the f…

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