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Ogbodum, MollyWeLead Consortium, The Hague, Netherlands; University of Calabar, Nigeria, Department of Public Health, Calabar, Nigeria
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Sexual health and rights advocacy among marginalized young women during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Global South
- Artikel/kapitelEngelska2023
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:umu-222847
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-222847URI
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Språk:engelska
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Background: Young women and adolescent girls (15-30years) are disproportionately affected by discrimination, sexual violence, unplanned pregnancy, and gender-based violence; even more so when they are at the intersection of multiple stigmatized identities. Nevertheless, sexual and reproductive health rights (SRH-R) services are often inaccessible due to costs, as well as lack of awareness and sensitivity by service providers. This study explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and how civil society organizations and communities adapted to provide SRHR services to young women in Lebanon, Guatemala, Mozambique, Uganda and Nigeria.Methods: Data was collected electronically by a team of 11 young female researchers and advocates from 5 different countries using the KoboCollect toolkit between October and December, 2022. A mixed methods approach with surveys and interviews was used to investigate the lived experiences and perspectives of 227 young women identified primarily from existing networks and through chain-referral sampling. Targeted populations were young women and girls: living with HIV; identifying as lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and/or intersex (LBTI); affected by displacement; and/or living with disabilities. Both in-person and virtual interviews due to COVID-19 disruptions were conducted.Results: Several respondents (35%) were directly involved in implementing SRHR advocacy actions in their communities. A third (33%) of respondents described barriers inaccessing SRHR services, including stigmatization for being sexually active. In particular, young women with disabilities and young LBTI women faced discriminatory attitudes from health care professionals. The fear of contracting COVID-19 coupled with lockdown measures (including lack of transportation and diversion of resources) kept young women away from seeking SRHR services and left nearly half (46%) feeling the pandemic worsened accessing healthcare. Difficulty access-ing contraceptives during the pandemic and associated unplanned pregnancies was identified as a key barrier among 65% of respondents. Notably, sensitive counselling and cervical cancer screening was the least accessed SRHR services in all the included countries.Conclusions: Our findings show that there is an ongoing need for joint initiatives to address a range of issues surrounding the current advocacy efforts around SRHR in order to attain high standards of health, and ensure equality, non-discrimination, privacy, and confidentiality for young women and girls.
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Lopez, YasminaWeLead Consortium, The Hague, Netherlands
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Hassoun, LamaWeLead Consortium, The Hague, Netherlands
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Melanie, AkankwatsaWeLead Consortium, The Hague, Netherlands
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Juma, FatimaWeLead Consortium, The Hague, Netherlands
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Nansubuga, RahmaWeLead Consortium, The Hague, Netherlands
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Kiprianos, RoubaWeLead Consortium, The Hague, Netherlands
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Martinez, MalalaWeLead Consortium, The Hague, Netherlands
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Njoku, MarionetWeLead Consortium, The Hague, Netherlands
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Rene, NeydWeLead Consortium, The Hague, Netherlands
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Mwesigwa, DennisWeLead Consortium, The Hague, Netherlands
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Wang, MandyWestmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Plymoth, MartinUmeå universitet,Institutionen för klinisk mikrobiologi,Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia(Swepub:umu)mapl0020
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WeLead Consortium, The Hague, Netherlands; University of Calabar, Nigeria, Department of Public Health, Calabar, NigeriaWeLead Consortium, The Hague, Netherlands
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Ingår i:IAS 2023 Abstract Book, s. 603-604
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Ogbodum, Molly
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Lopez, Yasmina
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Juma, Fatima
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Nansubuga, Rahma
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Kiprianos, Rouba
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Martinez, Malala
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Njoku, Marionet
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Rene, Neyd
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Mwesigwa, Dennis
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Wang, Mandy
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Plymoth, Martin
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