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Gender, violence, and killing: Revisiting femicide, and the overlooked realities of male victimization

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano, Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson, Marwan Habiba, Sekaren Shantha‐Kumari   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preventing induced abortion among urban poor in Fortaleza, Brazil : is post-abortion counselling effective?. [PDF]

This thesis reports the results of a randomised controlled intervention study carried out between May and November 1993 in a major public hospital in the metropolitan area of Fortaleza City, Ceará, Brazil. The objective was to investigate the impact of
Misago, Chizuru
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Occurrence and predictors of abortion among women of the reproductive age group in a block of Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2019
Background: Despite being a sensitive and less explored issue, abortion is a major preventable cause of maternal morbidity and mortality affecting millions of women in developing countries. Objectives: The study aimed to determine the occurrence, nature,
Pallabi Dasgupta, Romy Biswas, Dilip Kumar Das, Jayanta Kumar Roy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mobilizing Presence across Borders: Devotion to Papua New Guinea's Blessed Peter To Rot in Australia

Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article engages with the conjunctures between migration and religion by focusing on the celebration of Papua New Guinea's ‘National Patron Saint’, the Blessed Peter To Rot, in the Australian diaspora. Both in Sydney and Brisbane, Catholic Papua New Guinea (PNG) migrants have been ‘relocating’ PNG shrines, regalia, relics and ritual ...
Anna‐Karina Hermkens
wiley   +1 more source

“#Repealthe8th”: Ireland, Abortion Access and the Movement to Remove the Eighth Amendment

Antropologia, 2018
Abortion is illegal in almost all circumstances in Ireland, permitted only where there is a risk to the life of the woman due to the eighth amendment to the Irish Constitution. While abortion is banned, women living in Ireland do access abortion; they do
Sinéad Kennedy
doaj   +1 more source

“For three of my four miscarriages I was at work…” Experiences of miscarriage, infertility and assisted fertility in veterinary workplaces

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Miscarriage, infertility and assisted fertility (MIAF) can profoundly impact physical and mental health. The aims of this study were to investigate how veterinary professionals’ work environments and employers impacted their experiences of MIAF and to identify how workplace experiences of MIAF could be improved.
Jenny Stavisky, Natalie Scroggie, Abi Collinson, Zoe Belshaw   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anticipated Negative Impact of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Among Young Adult Black Women in the US. [PDF]

Perspect Sex Reprod Health
ABSTRACT Purpose The United States Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overruled federal protections for abortion in 2022. Young adult Black women (YABW) are expected to be among those most impacted directly by abortion restrictions and indirectly by effects on broader sexual and reproductive health access.
Gray A, Sinclair S, Trepka MJ, Nelson KM.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Illegal abortion in Addis Ababa Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal, 2001
To identify the primary abortionist while the patient is in the hospital; to determine the type of materials used to terminate the pregnancy; to determine the number of attempts made to terminate the index pregnancy and; to characterise women with induced abortions at five hospitals in the City of Addis Ababa.Cross-sectional hospital-based descriptive ...
Tadesse, E., Yosephi, S., Gasso, A., Muletta, E., Pogharian, D., Ketsella, K., Hawaz, Z.   +6 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Why Evidence Is Not Enough: Power, Politics, and a Strategy Shift for Public Health

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Public health has lost political influence because of a mismatch between the forms of power primarily deployed in this field—knowledge and moral authority—and the forms of power that currently shape societal rules and health outcomes—economic, political, ideological, and physical.
JONATHAN C. HELLER
wiley   +1 more source

The process of illegal abortion: a qualitative study

Payesh, 2011
Objective(s): Unsafe abortion is the main problem of women during their reproductive age. This study was carried out to explore the reasons behynd illegal abortion in Iran. Methods: This was a qualitative study. Twenty-seven participants were interviewed
Shirin Shahbazi, Nahid Fathizadeh, Fariba Taleghani   +2 more
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