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LOCATION: ACMS Seminar Room, Room 2163, Solomon Mahlangu House (2nd floor), East Campus
DESCRIPTION:Fixed Systems, Mobile Lives: Structural Misalignment and the Negotiation of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care among Mobile Adolescents and Young People in JHBSouth Africa has strong legal and policy commitments towards universal health coverage (UHC) and the protection of sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR). However, mobile adolescents and young people (mAYP) continue to face significant challenges in accessing SRHR services, particularly in rapidly urbanising contexts characterised by high levels of internal and cross-border mobility. This paper draws on rapid ethnographic assessments conducted in Johannesburg, including inner-city and Soweto township sites, to examine how mAYP experience and navigate access to SRHR services. It argues that SRHR service delivery in urban South Africa is structurally misaligned with the lived realities of mAYP, requiring them to continuously negotiate their access to care. These findings have implications for achieving UHC and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in relation to health, gender equality, and reducing inequalities.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong>Fixed Systems, Mobile Lives: Structural Misalignment and the Negotiation of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care among Mobile Adolescents and Young People in JHB</strong><p>South Africa has strong legal and policy commitments towards universal health coverage (UHC) and the protection of sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR). However, mobile adolescents and young people&nbsp;(mAYP) continue to face significant challenges in accessing SRHR services, particularly in rapidly urbanising contexts characterised by high levels of internal and cross-border mobility. This paper draws on rapid ethnographic assessments conducted in Johannesburg, including inner-city and Soweto township sites, to examine how mAYP experience and navigate access to SRHR services. It argues that SRHR service delivery in urban South Africa is structurally misaligned with the lived realities of mAYP, requiring them to continuously negotiate their access to care. These findings have implications for achieving UHC and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in relation to health, gender equality, and reducing inequalities.</p>
SUMMARY:Fixed Systems, Mobile Lives
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