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This project analyses the intersection of human rights and gender in two west African countries, Guinea Bissau and Senegal, by looking into the local resistances to sexual and reproductive rights. Through a consideration of the evolving cultural practices relative to sexuality, and the ideological refashioning of society, we consider activisms for gender equality, against gender based violence and promotion of rights to sexuality, we focus on how society engages with body politics. While there has been a multiplication of studies, in the last decades, around the way the social is produced through the regulation of sexuality, most studies present a fairly schematic conceptualisation of normativity. This project builds upon a previous knowledge on sociocultural dynamics and cultural values to consider the obstacles to the social change coded in the promotion of sexual and reproductive rights.
This project analyses the intersection of human rights and gender in two west African countries, Guinea Bissau and Senegal, by looking into the local resistances to sexual and reproductive rights. Through a consideration of the evolving cultural practices relative to sexuality, and the ideological refashioning of society, we consider activisms for gender equality, against gender based violence and promotion of rights to sexuality, we focus on how society engages with body politics. While there has been a multiplication of studies, in the last decades, around the way the social is produced through the regulation of sexuality, most studies present a fairly schematic conceptualisation of normativity. This project builds upon a previous knowledge on sociocultural dynamics and cultural values to consider the obstacles to the social change coded in the promotion of sexual and reproductive rights.
| Research Centre | Research Group | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
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| CEI-Iscte | Societal and Development Challenges | Leader | 2018-09-03 | 2021-09-03 |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
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| Clara Carvalho | Professora Associada (DCPPP); Integrated Researcher (CEI-Iscte); | Principal Researcher | 2018-09-03 | 2021-09-03 |
| Ricardo Falcão | Associate Researcher (CEI-Iscte); | Principal Researcher | 2018-09-03 | 2021-09-03 |
| Blanca Sell Fernández | -- | Research Assistant | 2021-03-01 | 2021-09-03 |
| Isaiete Augusto Jabula | -- | Research Assistant | 2021-01-15 | 2021-09-03 |
| Reference/Code | Funding DOI | Funding Type | Funding Program | Funding Amount (Global) | Funding Amount (Local) | Begin Date | End Date |
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| PTDC/SOC-ANT/31675/2017 | -- | Award | FCT - PTDC - Portugal | 234.689,77 | 234.689,77 | 2018-09-03 | 2021-09-03 |
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| Year | Output Type | Name | Description | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Conference | FGM in Portugal | Presentation in III International Forum on FGM/C in the Gambia, Banjul, 5-6 February | Clara Carvalho |
| 2019 | Conference | Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Guinea Bissau and Senegal | Presentation Panel 1, II International Conference Activisms in Africa, co-hosted by CESAC | Clara Carvalho, Ricardo Falcão |
| 2019 | Conference | “Building the “public good” in Guinea-Bissau and Angola through social protection programs” | presentation panel Anth03, European Conference of African Studies, Edinburgh, June 11-14 | Clara Carvalho, Varanda, Jorge |
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With the objective to increase the research activity directed towards the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the possibility of associating scientific projects with the Sustainable Development Goals is now available in Ciência-IUL. These are the Sustainable Development Goals identified for this project. For more detailed information on the Sustainable Development Goals, click here.
