Sexual health Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/sexual-health/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Mon, 18 Jul 2022 10:59:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Sexual health Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/sexual-health/ 32 32 67616479 Sierra Leone backs risk-free motherhood https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/sierra-leone-backs-risk-free-motherhood/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/sierra-leone-backs-risk-free-motherhood/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 18 Jul 2022 10:59:15 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71172 A safe motherhood and reproductive health bill has been unanimously backed by Sierra Leone’s cabinet. The bill will expand access to abortion to include terminations outside the current provisions to only interfere when a mother’s life is at risk.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/sierra-leone-backs-risk-free-motherhood/feed/ 0 71172 Sex workers in Nigeria deserve fair treatment from the media https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/sex-workers-in-nigeria-deserve-fair-treatment-from-the-media/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/sex-workers-in-nigeria-deserve-fair-treatment-from-the-media/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2022 11:23:18 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=70925 The study reveals a consistently biased and negative depiction of sex workers by news media in Nigeria. Sex work is abhorred in many African societies. But, “Why is it that a practice so thoroughly disapproved, so widely outlawed … can yet flourish so universally?”

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/sex-workers-in-nigeria-deserve-fair-treatment-from-the-media/feed/ 0 70925 South Africa approves the use of the Dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV prevention https://thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/south-africa-approves-dapivirine-vaginal-ring-hiv/ https://thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/south-africa-approves-dapivirine-vaginal-ring-hiv/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:57:04 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=69968 Women in South Africa from 18 years of age and older have the green light to use the DPV-VR Ring. The silicone ring gives women an alternative preventative measure against HIV thus advancing sexual reproductive health rights for women in the country.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/south-africa-approves-dapivirine-vaginal-ring-hiv/feed/ 0 69968 “SHE SOARS” Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for out-of-school adolescent girls  https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/she-soars-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights-for-out-of-school-adolescent-girls/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/she-soars-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights-for-out-of-school-adolescent-girls/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 22 Feb 2022 11:07:19 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=69618 The “SHE SOARS” project is advocating for the adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights of female school dropouts in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia. The end of the project may bring about accountable and equitable adolescent SRHR policies, legal frameworks, and services in the respective countries.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/she-soars-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights-for-out-of-school-adolescent-girls/feed/ 0 69618 #UnderTheBlankets: A campaign prioritising sexual reproductive rights for refugees and migrants https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/undertheblankets-a-campaign-prioritising-sexual-reproductive-rights-for-refugees-and-migrants/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/undertheblankets-a-campaign-prioritising-sexual-reproductive-rights-for-refugees-and-migrants/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:38:57 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=69543 “Is it because I am a foreigner?” is a question that aptly describes the barriers to healthcare in South Africa for asylum seekers and migrants. But the Sonke Gender Justice’s (SGJ) #UnderTheBlankets campaign is working to change that. 

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