Young women with disabilities and access to HIV/ AIDS interventions in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorNampewo, Zahara
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-10T15:49:01Z
dc.date.available2022-12-10T15:49:01Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractSexual health and autonomy, and the often violent ways in which these are suppressed, are critical women's human rights issues. The process of ensuring that women enjoy their sexual and reproductive rights, including sexual health and freedom from HIV, is particularly challenging for persons with disabilities and most especially women with disabilities. This paper applies a human rights and gender lens to the sexuality and HIV-related vulnerabilities of young women with disabilities in Uganda. Widespread misperceptions about the sexual behaviours of women with disabilities, exposure to violence and exclusion from health promotion activities and health services, render women with disabilities, particularly young women with disabilities, disproportionately vulnerable to HIV and impede the full realisation of their sexual and reproductive health and rights. While limited protections exist for people with disabilities in Uganda, and some efforts have been made to provide appropriate services, the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of health services for this population group remains low, with a deleterious impact on their health and rights. This article calls for measures that strengthen the ability of young women with disabilities to prevent HIV infection and that promote responsiveness of the health system (as well as services in other sectors) to the sexual and reproductive health needs of this population.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNampewo, Z. (2017). Young women with disabilities and access to HIV/AIDS interventions in Uganda. Reproductive Health Matters, 25(50), 121-127.https://doi.org/10.1080/09688080.2017.1333895en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6134
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherReproductive Health Mattersen_US
dc.subjectyoung women with disabilities, HIV, Uganda, sexuality, gender and vulnerability, sexual and reproductive health rightsen_US
dc.titleYoung women with disabilities and access to HIV/ AIDS interventions in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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