Luisa Orza
Biographic Data
| ID | 6682524 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luisa Orza |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Orza |
| SIGNATURE | ORZA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ozark Integrated Circuits (United States) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Help-seeking and challenges faced by transwomen following exposure to gender-based violence; a qualitative study in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area, Uganda
The immediate sources of GBV support services included key population-friendly healthcare facilities and CSOs, police, and friends and family. However, a significant number of transwomen did not report incidences of GBV. Transwomen were discriminated against at some key population healthcare facilities and CSOs, and police, which hindered help-seeking following exposure to GBV. This study highlights the need to tackle internalized stigma and disc…
Engaging parliamentarians as advocates for women's health
Members of parliament (MPs) are well placed to promote national health policies that improve women's access to quality health care, including HIV services. To catalyse political will and leadership, the International Centre for Research on Women, Centre for the Study of AIDS at the University of Pretoria, International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS and Realising Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, conducted the Parliamentarian…
Negotiating Sexual Idioms
Leadership for women's health in Africa
This article describes the achievements, challenges, and lessons emerging from the Parliamentarians for Women's Health (PWH) project. This ground-breaking pilot project has been implemented in Southern and East Africa. It attempted to support a different expression, or redefinition, of leadership – at the level of both parliamentarians and community members. It did this through facilitating dialogue and the exchange of information, views and anal…
Leadership for women's health in Africa
This article describes the achievements, challenges, and lessons emerging from the Parliamentarians for Women's Health (PWH) project. This ground-breaking pilot project has been implemented in Southern and East Africa. It attempted to support a different expression, or redefinition, of leadership – at the level of both parliamentarians and community members. It did this through facilitating dialogue and the exchange of information, views and anal…
Negotiating Sexual Idioms
Leadership for women's health in Africa
This article describes the achievements, challenges, and lessons emerging from the Parliamentarians for Women's Health (PWH) project. This ground-breaking pilot project has been implemented in Southern and East Africa. It attempted to support a different expression, or redefinition, of leadership – at the level of both parliamentarians and community members. It did this through facilitating dialogue and the exchange of information, views and anal…
Engaging parliamentarians as advocates for women's health
Members of parliament (MPs) are well placed to promote national health policies that improve women's access to quality health care, including HIV services. To catalyse political will and leadership, the International Centre for Research on Women, Centre for the Study of AIDS at the University of Pretoria, International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS and Realising Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, conducted the Parliamentarian…
Help-seeking and challenges faced by transwomen following exposure to gender-based violence; a qualitative study in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area, Uganda
The immediate sources of GBV support services included key population-friendly healthcare facilities and CSOs, police, and friends and family. However, a significant number of transwomen did not report incidences of GBV. Transwomen were discriminated against at some key population healthcare facilities and CSOs, and police, which hindered help-seeking following exposure to GBV. This study highlights the need to tackle internalized stigma and disc…
Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (2 works) · Civil society (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Nursing (2 works)