Mitigating Gender-Based Violence Through the Economic Empowerment of Women: A Case Study of the Teso Sub-Region in Uganda

Bashford-Squires, Sally; Gibson, Linda; Mathew, Mathew T.

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“…They reported that personal decision is only possible for women who are economically empowered and can sustain themselves and provide basic needs should the husband discover that they are using any contraceptives. Considering the above assertions, there is a need for government to roll out assertiveness training among women including running the training alongside economic empowerment projects for women [1]. Furthermore, it is also important that men who already view themselves as the custodians of the community and central to decision making are also included the women empowerment awareness programme.…”

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“…It describes eight theories and models that explain individual, interpersonal, community behaviour and offers approaches to solving problems [17] [18]; [19]. The levels of influence include: (1) intrapersonal/individual factors (2) interpersonal factors (3) community factors (4) institutional/organizational factors (5) public policy factors. This explains how the different levels of influence interact towards population health, which in this case is the use of Family Planning for improved health.…”

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“…The copyright holder for this this version posted November 27, 2022. ; https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.23.22282662 doi: medRxiv preprint economic empowerment projects for women [1]. Furthermore, it is also important that men who already view themselves as the custodians of the community and central to decision making are also included the women empowerment awareness programme.…”

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“…The last twenty-five years have witnessed massive displacement of people due to political upheavals and natural disasters [1]. This has precipitated the establishment of refugee settlements in many countries.…”

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Barriers to contraceptive use in humanitarian settings: Experiences of South Sudan refugee women living in Adjumani district, Uganda; An exploratory design using qualitative method

Atuyambe

Nabiwemba

Mathew

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Introduction Family Planning (FP) is a life-saving, empowering and cost-effective interventions for women and girls. Access to FP is still challenging to female refugees due to several barriers including language, low educational level, lack of information, influence by significant others, limited income, desire to replace lost family members, moral values, cultural and religious norms as well as personal experience with contraceptives side effects. This study explored barriers to contraceptive use among South Sudan refugee women living in Adjumani district, Uganda. Methods An exploratory design using qualitative method was employed involving women between the ages of 15- 49 years. Purposive sampling was employed to select participants for Focus Group Discussions (FDGs) and In-depth Interviews (IDIs). Ten FDGs were conducted, each consisted of 6 to 8 participants. Two groups of females (15-19 and 20+ years) were reached. Twenty-seven IDIs were conducted with two similar categories as above. The In-depth interview and focus group discussion guides were used to collect data. The interviews were recorded verbatim and transcribed before being translated back to English from the local language. Audio recordings from the FGDs and IDIs were labelled, transcribed verbatim and translated into English. Deductive, team-based coding was implemented for codebook development, Transcripts were entered, and data coded using Atlas ti version 14. Data was analyzed using content analysis to produce the final outputs for the study. Results The study found that several challenges to contraception use included gender dynamics, socially constructed myths on contraceptive use, cultural norms related to contraceptive use, limited knowledge about contraceptive use, men’s negative attitudes, antagonism of contraceptive use by leaders and reprisal of women who use contraception. Conclusion The study concluded that there is need for community strategies to break down the barriers to contraception utilization among refugee women. Such strategies should include men and women alongside gatekeepers to enhance sustainability.

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Barriers to contraceptive use in humanitarian settings: Experiences of South Sudan refugee women living in Adjumani district, Uganda; An exploratory design using qualitative method

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Nabiwemba

Mathew

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“…The last twenty-five years have witnessed massive displacement of people due to political upheavals and natural disasters, violence and other forms of human rights abuses [1,2]. This has caused the establishment of refugee settlements in low and middle income countries (LMICs) whose infrastructure and capacity for support is poor [3].…”

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Barriers to contraceptive use in humanitarian settings: Experiences of South Sudanese refugee women living in Adjumani district, Uganda; an exploratory qualitative study

Achola,

Atuyambe,

Nabiwemba

et al. 2024

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Introduction Contraceptive use can be lifesaving, empowering and cost-effective for women and girls. Access to contraception is still challenging to female refugees due to several barriers including language, low educational level, lack of information, influence by family members, limited income, cultural and religious norms. This study explored barriers to contraceptive use among South Sudanese refugee women living in Adjumani district, Uganda. Methods An exploratory study design using qualitative methods were employed involving women of reproductive age (15–49 years). Purposive sampling was used to select participants for Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and In-depth Interviews (IDIs) from three settlements in Adjumani district. We conducted four FGDs, each consisting of 8 participants. We also conducted fourteen in-depth interviews (IDIs) with women of reproductive age. The IDI and FGD guides were translated into local languages before they were used to collect data. The interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim and translated into English. Audio recordings were labeled before being translated back to English. Deductive, team-based coding was implemented, and a codebook developed. Transcripts were entered, and data coded using Atlas ti version 14. Data were analyzed using content analysis to produce the final outputs for the study. Results The study found several challenges to contraceptive use. These included gender dynamics, socially constructed myths on contraceptive use, cultural norms, limited knowledge about contraceptives, men’s negative attitudes, antagonism of contraceptive use by leaders and reprisal of women who use contraception. Conclusion The study concluded that there is need for community strategies to break down the barriers to contraception utilization among refugee women. Such strategies should involve men and women alongside gatekeepers to enhance sustainability.

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Decision-making pathways for contraceptive use among refugee and host populations in Adjumani district, Uganda; an exploratory study

Achola,

Orach,

Nabiwemba

et al. 2024

BMC Women's Health

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Introduction Contraceptive use is known to have a positive impact on maternal and child health outcomes; however, its use is still low in low-income countries, especially among people in humanitarian situations. This study explored decision-making processes towards the use of contraceptives by people in humanitarian situations to inform program design and uptake. Methods A qualitative exploratory study was conducted among women of reproductive age (15–49 years) and men (15–60 years) living in three refugee settlements of Pagirinya, Nyumanzi, and Mirieyi and the surrounding host communities in Adjumani district, Uganda. Data were collected using 49 in-depth interviews (IDIs), 11 Key Informant Interviews (KIIs,) and 20 Focus Group Discussions (FGDs). Inductive thematic analysis was done with the aid of Atlas ti. Version 14. Results We found that the decision-making processes entailed linear and nonlinear internalized cognitive and contextual processes involving four dynamic pathways. In the linear pathway, participants reported starting with 1) idea inception, 2) followed by cognitive processing, 3) consultation, and 4) decision-making for contraceptive use. The complex linear pathway happened when participants did not go through consultation but went straight to decision-making. However, participants who followed the non-linear pathway repeatedly went back to cognitive processing. Some women after consultation, or those already using and those not using contraceptives, decided to go back to cognitive processing to reconsider their current positions. This study found that some women who were not using contraceptives ended up using, while some who were using contraception ended up dropping out. Conclusions This study showed dynamic decision-making processes involving both internal and external environments as triggers to decision-making for contraceptive use. Interventions to increase contraceptive use should target both users and significant others who influence the decision to use particularly among refugees. Trial registration This study was registered by Makerere University School of Public Health Higher Degrees Research and Ethic Committee (HDREC) #188 and approved by Uganda National Council of Science and Technology on 15th/7/2021, Registration number—SS809ES.

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Mitigating Gender-Based Violence Through the Economic Empowerment of Women: A Case Study of the Teso Sub-Region in Uganda

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Barriers to contraceptive use in humanitarian settings: Experiences of South Sudan refugee women living in Adjumani district, Uganda; An exploratory design using qualitative method

Barriers to contraceptive use in humanitarian settings: Experiences of South Sudan refugee women living in Adjumani district, Uganda; An exploratory design using qualitative method

Barriers to contraceptive use in humanitarian settings: Experiences of South Sudanese refugee women living in Adjumani district, Uganda; an exploratory qualitative study

Decision-making pathways for contraceptive use among refugee and host populations in Adjumani district, Uganda; an exploratory study

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