Margrethe Silberschmidt
Biographic Data
| ID | 333618 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margrethe Silberschmidt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margrethe |
| FAMILY NAME | Silberschmidt |
| SIGNATURE | SILBERSCHMIDT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 232 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Female gratification, sexual power and safer sex
The gender-based response to HIV in sub-Saharan Africa has tended to reinforce normative stereotypes of women as subordinated, passive and powerless victims, in particular in sexual relations. However, based on qualitative data from Rwanda, this paper argues that such conceptualisations fail to recognise that while women do comply with prevalent social norms, they also challenge these norms and sex becomes a domain in which they can exert power. …
Aids, sexuality and gender in Africa
Disempowerment of Men in Rural and Urban East Africa
Adolescent girls, illegal abortions and "sugar-daddies" in Dar es Salaam
Women Forget That Men Are the Masters
Adolescent girls with illegally induced abortion Dar es Salaam
This article reports on a study of induced abortion among adolescent girls in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who were admitted to a district hospital in Dar es Salaam because of an illegally induced abortion in 1997. In the quantitative part of the study, 197 teenage girls (aged 14-19) were asked for socio-economic details, contraceptive knowledge/use, age at first intercourse and number of sexual partners. In the qualitative part, 51 teenage girls wer…
Women Forget That Men Are the Masters
Have Men Become the Weaker Sex? Changing Life Situations in Kisii District, Kenya
The 'discovery' of third-world women and their situation followed in the wake of research by feminists in western societies. In the late 1960s, Ester Boserup documented that especially African rural women had experienced a major increase in their workload during this century; they had become the main producers not only of subsistence food but also of cash crops
Disempowerment of Men in Rural and Urban East Africa
Adolescent girls, illegal abortions and "sugar-daddies" in Dar es Salaam
Aids, sexuality and gender in Africa
Adolescent girls with illegally induced abortion Dar es Salaam
This article reports on a study of induced abortion among adolescent girls in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who were admitted to a district hospital in Dar es Salaam because of an illegally induced abortion in 1997. In the quantitative part of the study, 197 teenage girls (aged 14-19) were asked for socio-economic details, contraceptive knowledge/use, age at first intercourse and number of sexual partners. In the qualitative part, 51 teenage girls wer…
Have Men Become the Weaker Sex? Changing Life Situations in Kisii District, Kenya
The 'discovery' of third-world women and their situation followed in the wake of research by feminists in western societies. In the late 1960s, Ester Boserup documented that especially African rural women had experienced a major increase in their workload during this century; they had become the main producers not only of subsistence food but also of cash crops
Women Forget That Men Are the Masters
Have Men Become the Weaker Sex? Changing Life Situations in Kisii District, Kenya
The 'discovery' of third-world women and their situation followed in the wake of research by feminists in western societies. In the late 1960s, Ester Boserup documented that especially African rural women had experienced a major increase in their workload during this century; they had become the main producers not only of subsistence food but also of cash crops
Adolescent girls with illegally induced abortion Dar es Salaam
This article reports on a study of induced abortion among adolescent girls in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who were admitted to a district hospital in Dar es Salaam because of an illegally induced abortion in 1997. In the quantitative part of the study, 197 teenage girls (aged 14-19) were asked for socio-economic details, contraceptive knowledge/use, age at first intercourse and number of sexual partners. In the qualitative part, 51 teenage girls wer…
Women Forget That Men Are the Masters
Disempowerment of Men in Rural and Urban East Africa
Adolescent girls, illegal abortions and "sugar-daddies" in Dar es Salaam
Women Forget That Men Are the Masters
Aids, sexuality and gender in Africa
Female gratification, sexual power and safer sex
The gender-based response to HIV in sub-Saharan Africa has tended to reinforce normative stereotypes of women as subordinated, passive and powerless victims, in particular in sexual relations. However, based on qualitative data from Rwanda, this paper argues that such conceptualisations fail to recognise that while women do comply with prevalent social norms, they also challenge these norms and sex becomes a domain in which they can exert power. …
Socioeconomics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (4 works) · Economics (3 works)