Essays about: "contraception"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 42 essays containing the word contraception.

  1. 6. Shaping Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Persons with Disabilities: A Policy Discourse Analysis of SRHR Policies from the African Union

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Jeanna Isacson; [2021]
    Keywords : African Union; discourse; power; policy analysis; problematisation; subjects; SRHR; women with disabilities; WPR approach; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) is suggested to be solved by policies and action plans. However, post-structural scholars argue that discourses shape policies, and their solutions. The policy discourse on women with disabilities’ SRHR needs has not been given much attention, especially in the context of Africa. READ MORE

  3. 7. "They don't exactly talk about it in school": A field study about the effects of family planning programs on university students in Equatorial Guinea

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Carolina Jeppsson; [2020-06-18]
    Keywords : family planning; sexual and reproductive health; human rights; adolescent; population growth;

    Abstract : Family planning help individuals achieve their right to health and strengthen their independence. Despite effort to increase access to family planning methods worldwide, less than half of the demand for safe family planning method was met. READ MORE

  4. 8. “They are being made into like baby-making machines” : a study of the impact of gender structures and norms on family planning for Xhosa women in rural Zithulele, South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Hannah Hölscher; [2020]
    Keywords : gender norms; gender roles; family planning; South Africa; rural; sexual health and reproductive rights; structural determinants of health; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Women in rural areas of South Africa battle with many structural issues, including unemployment, education and accessibility to health services, greatly delimiting family planning. However, socially constructed and internalized gender norms pose an additional and potentially greater barrier to family planning in traditional and patriarchal settings. READ MORE

  5. 9. Family planning as a solution for a sustainable future in Sub-Saharan Africa : The efforts of the global community: state and non-state actors

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Alva Ericson; [2020]
    Keywords : family planning; sustainable development; fertility decline; population growth;

    Abstract : In 2050, 9.7 billion is expected to live on Earth. Entering a new decade in 2020, the global agenda concerns sustainable development and how humans can live on Earth sustainable while continuing to develop. A solution to reach a sustainable future is through family planning. READ MORE

  6. 10. Basal body temperature curves and fitting with periodic smoothing splines

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematik LTH

    Author : Ingrid Odlen; [2019]
    Keywords : Basal Body Temperature; Ovulation; Fertility Prediction; Natural Cycles; Fertility Tracking; Smoothing Splines; Cubic; Periodic Smoothing Splines; Curve Fitting; BBT; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : Fertility tracking phone apps are widely used by women today, in order to both achieve or prevent conception. Due to the health risks of hormone based contraceptions, many women opt for non-invasive methods, such as fertility tracking. READ MORE