Gender norms associated with adolescent sexual behaviors in Uganda
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Date
2019
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International Social Science Journal
Abstract
Gender norm attitudes and practices remain deeply entrenched in many African societies (Gibson et al. 2014; Wight et al. 2006). Countries driven by gender inequalities that constrain Judith Nalukwago, the lead author of this article, has a PhD in Public Health from the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences of Maastricht University, The Netherlands. She is a health promotion
scholar, practitioner and a behavioural scientist with grounded skills in both theoretical and practical implementation of
social and behaviour change interventions.
She has a background in monitoring, evaluation, research, learning/ knowledge management, and adolescent health programming from an academic and programme implementation perspective. Email: j.nalukwago@maastrichtuniversity.nl
individual behaviour in sexual interactions often have the highest rates of HIV and teenage pregnancies (Hardee et al. 2014; Richards et al. 2013; Van den Berg et al. 2013). Women and girls face more gendered risks than their male counterparts, which affects their social, economic and political opportunities (Mbonye et al. 2012; UNAIDS 2016; UNICEF 2015)
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Gender norms, Adolescent sexual behaviors, Uganda
Citation
Nalukwago, J., Crutzen, R., van den Borne, B., Bukuluki, P. M., Bufumbo, L., Burke, H. M., ... & Alaii, J. (2019). Gender norms associated with adolescent sexual behaviours in Uganda. International Social Science Journal, 69(231), 35-48.