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Volume 20, issue 1, December 2020
31 articles in this issue
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Early marriage and women’s empowerment: the case of child-brides in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Mikyas Abera
- Ansha Nega
- Abebaw Addis Gelagay
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 December 2020
- Article: 30
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Quality of life of women from families of martyred individuals in the Kurdistan region of Iraq as a conflict area in the Middle East
Authors
- Hamdia Mirkhan Ahmed
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 November 2020
- Article: 29
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Behind bars: the burden of being a woman in Brazilian prisons
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Priscila França de Araújo
- Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr
- Ana Zaira da Silva
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 October 2020
- Article: 28
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Engaging with faith groups to prevent VAWG in conflict-affected communities: results from two community surveys in the DRC
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Elisabet Le Roux
- Julienne Corboz
- Rachel Jewkes
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 October 2020
- Article: 27
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The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Slovakia and in Finland: one law, two different practices?
Authors
- Barbara Pavlikova
- Jitse P. van Dijk
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 September 2020
- Article: 26
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Understanding access to professional healthcare among asylum seekers facing gender-based violence: a qualitative study from a stakeholder perspective
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Mirjam D. Rodella Sapia
- Tenzin Wangmo
- Bernice S. Elger
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 September 2020
- Article: 25
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The correlation between sexual dysfunction and intimate partner violence in young women during pregnancy
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ellahe Bahrami_Vazir
- Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi
- Mojgan Mirghafourvand
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 September 2020
- Article: 24
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Disrespect and abuse of women during the process of childbirth at health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors
- Zemenu Yohannes Kassa
- Berhan Tsegaye
- Abebaw Abeje
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 September 2020
- Article: 23
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A renewed call for transdisciplinary action on NCDs
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Brigit Toebes
- Marlies Hesselman
- Jitse P. van Dijk
- Content type: Editorial
- Open Access
- Published: 28 August 2020
- Article: 22
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Universal cervical cancer control through a right to health lens: refocusing national policy and programmes on underserved women
Authors (first, second and last of 16)
- Katrina Perehudoff
- Heleen Vermandere
- Olivier Degomme
- Content type: Debate
- Open Access
- Published: 31 July 2020
- Article: 21
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Status and associated factors of birth registration in selected districts of Tigray region, Ethiopia
Authors
- Shishay Tadesse Abay
- Ataklti Gebreyesus Gebre-egziabher
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 July 2020
- Article: 20
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Female genital mutilation/cutting in Sierra Leone: are educated women intending to circumcise their daughters?
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Edward Kwabena Ameyaw
- Justice Kanor Tetteh
- Aisha Sena-Iddrisu
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 July 2020
- Article: 19
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International norm development and change: can international law play a meaningful role in curbing the lifestyle disease pandemic?
Authors
- Preslava Stoeva
- Content type: Debate
- Open Access
- Published: 23 July 2020
- Article: 18
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The role of local and regional authorities in prevention and control of NCDs: the case of Poland
Authors
- Robert Tabaszewski
- Content type: Debate
- Open Access
- Published: 22 July 2020
- Article: 17
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A social-ecological examination into the research, policy and health service delivery environment related to early marriage and sexual and gender-based violence among youth in Jordan
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Jewel Gausman
- Areej Othman
- Ana Langer
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 July 2020
- Article: 16
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Illicit financial flows and the provision of child and maternal health services in low- and middle-income countries
Authors
- Bienvenido Ortega
- Jesús Sanjuán
- Antonio Casquero
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 July 2020
- Article: 15
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Where boys don’t dance, but women still thrive: using a development approach as a means of reconciling the right to health with the legitimization of cultural practices
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Melisa Demir
- Bilkis Vissandjée
- Gillian Einstein
- Content type: Debate
- Open Access
- Published: 15 June 2020
- Article: 14
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Development and validation of the LoVI: the Laws on Violence against women and girls Index
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Kathryn M. Yount
- Patricia C. Lewis
- Lauren Maxwell
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 May 2020
- Article: 13
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“An ethnographic exploration of factors that drive policing of street-based female sex workers in a U.S. setting - identifying opportunities for intervention”
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Katherine H. A. Footer
- Bradley E. Silberzahn
- Susan G. Sherman
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 May 2020
- Article: 12
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Community perspectives on the extent to which transactional sex is viewed as sexual exploitation in Central Uganda
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- N. Kyegombe
- R. Meiksin
- A. M. Buller
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 May 2020
- Article: 11
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Scheduling medicines as controlled substances: addressing normative and democratic gaps through human rights-based analysis
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- Diederik Lohman
- Damon Barrett
- Content type: Debate
- Open Access
- Published: 21 April 2020
- Article: 10
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Misoprostol for the prevention of post-partum haemorrhage in Mozambique: an analysis of the interface between human rights, maternal health and development
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Karen Hobday
- Anthony B. Zwi
- Ndola Prata
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 April 2020
- Article: 9
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Expanding the role of paralegals: supporting realization of the right to health for vulnerable communities
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Albert Wirya
- Ajeng Larasati
- Laura Ferguson
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 March 2020
- Article: 8
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Assessing medical impoverishment and associated factors in health care in Ethiopia
Authors
- Amarech G. Obse
- John E. Ataguba
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 March 2020
- Article: 7
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Community mobilisation to prevent violence against women and girls in eastern India through participatory learning and action with women’s groups facilitated by accredited social health activists: a before-and-after pilot study
Authors (first, second and last of 16)
- Nirmala Nair
- Nayreen Daruwalla
- Audrey Prost
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 March 2020
- Article: 6
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Sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV in Muslim-majority countries: a systematic mixed studies review
Authors
- Dyah Juliastuti
- Judith Dean
- Lisa Fitzgerald
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 March 2020
- Article: 5
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Sexual and reproductive health rights knowledge and reproductive health services utilization among rural reproductive age women in Aleta Wondo District, Sidama zone, Ethiopia: community based cross-sectional study
Authors
- Tariku Tadesse
- Mesay Hailu Dangisso
- Teshome Abuka Abebo
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 March 2020
- Article: 4
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Exploring barriers to seeking health care among Kenyan Somali women with female genital mutilation: a qualitative study
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Samuel Kimani
- Caroline W. Kabiru
- Jaldesa Guyo
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 January 2020
- Article: 3
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Trends in prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence against women in Zimbabwe, 2005–2015
Authors
- Jeanette Iman’ishimwe Mukamana
- Pamela Machakanja
- Nicholas Kofi Adjei
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 January 2020
- Article: 2
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The patient voice: a survey of worries and anxieties during health system transition in HIV services in Vietnam
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Shoko Matsumoto
- Hoai Dung Thi Nguyen
- Shinichi Oka
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 January 2020
- Article: 1
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