Browsing College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHuSS) by Subject "Gender"
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The influence of cultural and gender practices on fertility rates in Ruhaama County, Ntungamo District
(Makerere University, 2011-07)Culture simply means common beliefs and practices of a group of people. Culture defines the life choices of people thereby being part of the consequences that such choices bring. Culture is significant in understanding ... -
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 ... -
The representation of women in selected plays of Euripides and selected Ghanaian playwrights
(Makerere University, 2022)This study interrogates the representation of women in selected plays of Euripides and selected Ghanaian playwrights (Efua Sutherland, Ama Ata Aidoo, Mohammed ben Abdallah, and Efo Kodjo Mawugbe) to examine the ‘universalists’ ... -
Representations of gender and sexuality in popular music in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-10)Popular music is a social and critical artifact of the creative and performing arts not only for its entertainment value but also for its implicit discourses relating to gender, sexuality, politics, culture and economics. ... -
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 and legal constraints in prevention of physical violence against women in Arivu Sub County - Arua District
(Makerere University, 2018-10-15)The study attempts to assess the social and legal constraints in prevention of physical violence among women. This study was conducted in Arivu Sub County - Arua district between 2014 – 2017. The study was cross sectional ... -
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 ...