- Title
- Integrating child rights standards in contraceptive and abortion care for minors in Africa
- Creator
- Kangaude, Godfrey D, Macleod, Catriona I, Coast, Ernestina, Fetters, Tamara
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/441242
- Identifier
- vital:73869
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.14502"
- Description
- Minor girls in Africa face challenges in accessing high-quality contraceptive and abortion services because laws and policies are not child-friendly. Many countries maintain restrictive laws, policies, or hospital practices that make it difficult for minors to access contraception and safe abortion even when the pregnancy would risk their life or health. Further, the clinical guidelines on contraceptive and abortion care are silent, vague, or ambiguous regarding minors' consent. African states should remedy the situation by ensuring that clinical guidelines integrate child rights principles and standards articulated in child rights treaties to enable health providers to facilitate full, unencumbered access to contraceptive and abortion care for minor girls. A sample of clinical guidelines is analyzed to demonstrate the importance of explicit, consistent, and unambiguous language about children's consent to ensure that healthcare workers provide sexual and reproductive health care in a manner that respects child rights.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (6 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Language
- English
- Relation
- International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Kangaude, G.D., Macleod, C., Coast, E. and Fetters, T., 2022. Integrating child rights standards in contraceptive and abortion care for minors in Africa. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 159(3), pp.998-1004, International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics volume 159 number 3 p. 998 2022 1879-3479
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Gender Action Forum (GENACT)
Macleod, Catriona Ida (Distinguished Professor)
SDG 05. Gender Equality
RU Department of Psychology
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproductions Research (CSSR) Programme
SDG 10. Reduced Inequalities
SDG 03. Good Health and Well-Being
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