Browsing Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) by Subject "Gender"
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"Abortion? That's for women!" Narratives and experiences of commercial motorbike riders in South-Western Uganda.
(Women's Health and Action Research Center, 2005)Although constitutionally illegal, induced abortion is a vital reproductive health option in Uganda. This paper analyses men's narratives about meanings of, and experiences with, abortion. Men play significant roles in ... -
Constraints affecting the participation of girls and women in sports in Uganda
(1994)Despite the fact that the population of Uganda consists of nearly 60% females, there are more males involved in sports in Uganda than women. More men are penetrating sports at the international level than women in Uganda. ... -
Constraints affecting the participation of girls and women in sports in Uganda
(1994)Despite the fact that the population of Uganda consists of nearly 60% females, there are more males involved in sports in Uganda than women. More men are penetrating sports at the international level than women in Uganda. ... -
Contemporary myths, sexuality misconceptions, information sources, and risk perceptions of Bodaboda men in Southwest Uganda.
(Springer, 2005)This article reports findings from a study conducted among 212 private motorbike-taxi riders, locally called bodabodamen, from two study sites--a slum area and the urban center of Masaka town. Qualitative and quantitative ... -
Dismantling reified African culture through localised homosexualities in Uganda.
(Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2013)Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 aimed at protecting the cherished culture of the people against emergent threats to the traditional heterosexual family. The Bill's justification, however, lay in myopic imaginings ... -
Gender and poverty: the agriculture sector programme support in Uganda.
(1999)At the time of writings, Uganda was the only country in Africa with an established Ministry of Gender. The country has an operational National Gender Policy to facilitate the process of mainstreaming gender concerns in the ... -
Gender and poverty: the agriculture sector programme support in Uganda.
(1999)At the time of writings, Uganda was the only country in Africa with an established Ministry of Gender. The country has an operational National Gender Policy to facilitate the process of mainstreaming gender concerns in the ... -
Gender, class, culture and democratisation: a study of women’s participation in formal politics and collective activities in Kampala, Uganda
(2009-05-29)This thesis is an in-depth study of Ugandan women’s responses to the transition to democracy that began when the National Resistance Movement came to power in 1986. In contrast to the political repression of preceding ... -
Homosexuality, sex work, and HIV/AIDS in displacement and post-conflict settings: The case of refugees in Uganda.
(Taylor and Francis, 2013)This article aims to disrupt the silence, invisibility and erasures of non-heteronormative sexual orientations or gender identities, and of sex work, in HIV/AIDS responses within displacement and post-conflict settings in ... -
Male promiscuity: The negotiation of masculinities by motorbike taxi-riders in Masaka, Uganda.
(Sage Publications, 2009)Understanding contemporary sociocultural constructions of masculinity and sexuality is crucial in the struggle against HIV/AIDS. This article discusses lay conceptualizations and enactments of manhood, in interaction with ... -
Money, men and markets: Economic and sexual empowerment of market women in South western Uganda.
(Taylor and Francis, 2005)Market trading requires access to cash, independent decision‐making, mobility and social interaction. This study sought to explore whether market work empowers women with respect to spending decisions and negotiation over ... -
Protecting the rights of rural women
(1991-08)Uganda is a state whose various tribes and communities subscribe to the principles of 'patriarchal societies' in whose structure man is the subject, boys are the issue and all members of the female sex are still referred ... -
Protecting the rights of rural women
(1991-08)Uganda is a state whose various tribes and communities subscribe to the principles of 'patriarchal societies' in whose structure man is the subject, boys are the issue and all members of the female sex are still referred ... -
Queer pride and protest: A reading of the bodies at Uganda's first gay beach pride.
(The University of Chicago Press, 2014)How does one read the gendered bodies on display at a queer pride event in any context? In this article, I give my interpretation of the actions of celebrants and protesters who participated in Uganda’s first Beach Pride ... -
Sensitized women as a development strategy: the Uganda case
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Sensitized women as a development strategy: the Uganda case
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Social issues in the prevention of perinatal and neonatal morbidity and mortality.
(1992)Over the last 10 years, a strong relationship between women’s status including access to income and decision-making in the home have drawn. Increasing attention in the area of reproductive health. Changing trends in economic ... -
Social issues in the prevention of perinatal and neonatal morbidity and mortality.
(1992)Over the last 10 years, a strong relationship between women’s status including access to income and decision-making in the home have drawn. Increasing attention in the area of reproductive health. Changing trends in economic ... -
The widow, the will, and widow-inheritance in Kampala: Revisiting victimisation arguments.
(Taylor and Francis, 2009)Widows are often presented as victims of patriarchal sexual dictates in analyses of widow-inheritance. Our study explored experiences of widowhood in Kampala. Ethnographic fieldwork combined participant observation, ... -
Widowed mama-grannies buffering HIV/AIDS-affected households in a city slum of Kampala, Uganda.
(Taylor and Francis, 2009)This article explores the experiences, challenges and coping strategies of urban elderly residents in Kasubi-Kawaala, a slum on the margins of Kampala city, Uganda. The city is mainly stereotyped as a space for able-bodied ...