Browsing Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) Collections by Issue Date "2005"
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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 ... -
The adventures of the Randy Professor and Angela the sugar mummy: Sex in fictional serials in Ugandan popular magazines.
(Taylor and Francis, 2005)In 1996 newspaper vendors in Ugandan towns started selling a new kind of locally produced ‘lifestyle’ magazine. On the covers there were young, scantily dressed girls and inside news articles, fictional serials, lifestyle ... -
Bumsters, big black organs and old white gold: Embodied racial myths in sexual relationships of Gambian beach boys.
(Taylor and Francis, 2005)Sexuality is a platform upon which ideologies are enacted. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in The Gambia, this paper discusses the embodiment of racial myths about male Black bodies and Western affluence. Methods utilized ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
When popular participation won't improve service provision : primary health care in Uganda
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2005)Advocates of participatory approaches to service delivery see devolution as key to empowering people to take charge of their own affairs. Participation is portrayed as guaranteeing the delivery of services that are in line ...