Community understandings of and responses to gender equality and empowerment in Rakai, Uganda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15541872 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margo Mullinax (Indiana University Bloomington, corresponding author), Jeanette A Higgins (0000-0002-1352-8416, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Jennifer A Wagman (0000-0002-9957-1932, Johns Hopkins University), Neema Nakyanjo (0000-0002-1908-7957, Rakai Health Sciences Program), Godfrey Kigozi (0009-0008-9142-6870, Rakai Health Sciences Program), David Serwadda (0000-0001-6532-6587, Rakai Health Sciences Program), Maria J Wawer (0000-0002-3601-4469, Johns Hopkins University), Ronald H Gray (0000-0003-1952-6507, Johns Hopkins University), Fred Nalugoda (0000-0001-6119-9293, Rakai Health Sciences Program) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 465-478 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-1692 • E-ISSN: 1744-1706 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17441692.2013.768686 |
| PMID | 23463914 |
| OpenAlex | W2161611579 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 31 |
Women's rights and gender empowerment programmes are now part of the international agenda for improving global public health, the benefits of which are well documented. However, the public health community has, yet, to address how people define and understand gender equality and how they enact the process of empowerment in their lives. This study uses safe homes and respect for everyone (SHARE), an anti-violence intervention in rural Rakai, Uganda, as a case study to investigate perceptions of gender equality. Investigators analysed 12 focus groups of adult women and men to explore how macro-level concepts of gender equality are being processed on an interpersonal level and the effects on health outcomes. Respondents generally agreed that women lack basic rights. However, they also expressed widespread disagreement about the meanings of gender equality, and reported difficulties integrating the concepts of gender equality into their interpersonal relationships. Community members reported that equality, with the resulting shift in gender norms, could expose women to adverse consequences such as violence, infidelity and abandonment with increased sexual health risks, and potential adverse effects on education. Efforts to increase women's rights must occur in conjunction with community-based work on understandings of gender equality
Domestic violence · Economic growth · Empowerment · Environmental health · Focus group · Gender equality · Human rights · Poison control · Political science · Population · Public health · Reproductive health · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Women's empowerment · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Nursing
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |