Bodies, Morals and Politics - Reflections on Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Africa
With this edition of Perspectives, the Heinrich Böll Foundation seeks to unpack some of these specific tensions and complexities. Cultural and traditional practices in Africa, like everywhere else, are evolving. As they do, and as some of the articles featured here argue, we hope that they will become powerful instruments for the promotion of women’s sexual and reproductive rights.
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Editorial
The Politics of Control and Ownership over Women’s Bodies: Discourses that Shape Reproductive and Sexual Rights in Zimbabwe
Kezia Batisai
Modifying the Female Form: Whose Call is it? Female Genital Mutilation and Labia Elongation Practices in Africa
Tammary Esho
African Cultures and the Promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Thelmah Maluleke
Interview: Teenage Pregnancy and Challenges to the Realisation of Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Nigeria
Onyema Afulukwe-Eruchalu
Too Much Mothering and Not Enough Options
Marion Stevens
Stagnating Progress: Fragmented Bodies
The Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Africa
Nebila Abdulmelik