CONTENTS
Editorial
1 Sapna Desai, TK Sundari Ravindran Walking the talk: localising SRHM in South Asia
Research articles
4 Dushala Adhikari, Ashok Bhurtyal Menopausal symptoms among middle-aged women and care providers’ readiness to deliver menopausal services: an observational study in Kavrepalanchok, Nepal
22 Sayema Akter, Chloe Williams, Animesh Talukder, Muhammed Nazmul Islam, Juanita Vasquez Escallon, Tania Sultana, Neha Kapil, Malabika Sarker Harmful practices prevail despite legal knowledge: a mixed-method study on the paradox of child marriage in Bangladesh
38 Lakshya Arora, P. M. Bhujang, Muthusamy Sivakami Understanding discrimination against LGBTQIA+ Patients in Indian hospitals using a human rights perspective: an exploratory qualitative study
55 Mrittika Barua, Francien van Driel Disciplining sexual and reproductive behaviour of tuberculosis patients in Bangladesh: a mixed method study exploring divergent messages
75 Sana Contractor, Pushpa Joshi, Ali Rizvi, Adiba Saher, Nabakumar Dutta, Kavya Menon, Souvik Pyne Young people’s views on religious fundamentalism, ethno-nationalism and SRHR: an SRHM South Asia Virtual Roundtable Discussion
83 Bonnie Crouthamel, Anvita Dixit, Erin Pearson, Jamie Menzel, Dipika Paul, Mohammad Abdul Hannan Shakhider, Jay Silverman, Sarah Averbach The association between intimate partner violence and self-managed abortion: a cross-sectional study among women in urban Bangladesh
96 Shrinivas Darak, Ritu Parchure, Trupti Darak, Vinay Kulkarni Love, sex and commitment: relationship choices and trajectories among unmarried youth in India
110 Priya Das, Sudha Ramani, Tom Newton-Lewis, Phalasha Nagpal, Karima Khalil, Dipanwita Gharai, Shamayita Das, Rochana Kammowanee “We are nurses – what can we say?”: power asymmetries and auxiliary nurse midwives in an Indian state
127 Padma-Bhate Deosthali, Sangeeta Rege, Sanjida Arora Women’s experiences of marital rape and sexual violence within marriage in India: evidence from service records
139 Sara Chace Dwyer, Md Irfan Hossain, Ashish Bajracharya, Aparna Jain Reaching women at work with health programming in Bangladesh: results of difference- in-differences analysis among female factory workers
151 Kirti Gaur, Ankita Shukla, Rajib Acharya Association between place of abortion and adoption and continuation of contraceptives post abortion: the case of India
167 Rajendra Karkee, Kirti Man Tumbahanghe, Alison Morgan, Nashna Maharjan, Bharat Budhathoki, Dharma S Manandhar Policies and actions to reduce maternal mortality in Nepal: perspectives of key informants
182 Rasheda Khan, Kerry L.D. MacQuarrie, Marzia Sultana, Quamrun Nahar Intermittent needs for family planning among women with an internal migrant husband in Bangladesh: a qualitative study
197 Renu Khanna, Manushi Sheth, Parigna Talati, Krishna Damor, Bhanu Chauhan Social and economic marginalisation and sexual and reproductive health and rights of urban poor young women: a qualitative study from Vadodara, Gujarat, India
212 Kerry L.D. MacQuarrie, Azra Aziz Women’s decision-making and contraceptive use in Pakistan: an analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data
230 Zubia Mumtaz, Gian S Jhangri, Afshan Bhatti, George TH Ellison Caste in Muslim Pakistan: a structural determinant of inequities in uptake of maternal health services
253 Deepa Pawar From criminalised histories to rightful present - nomadic women demand equal rights to sexual and reproductive health: a study in Maharashtra, India
268 Preety R Rajbangshi, Devaki Nambiar, Aradhana Srivastava “We wish to have good medical care”: findings from a qualitative study on reproductive and maternal health of internally displaced women in India
283 Seema Sharma Sexuality and relationship experiences of women with spinal cord injury: reflections from an Indian context
301 Sunita Singal, SK Sikdar, Kaushik Sambandan, Pragati Singh, Nidhi Bhatt, Ghazaleh Samandari, Manoj Pal, Levent Cagatay, Anupama Arya, Kathryn A O’Connell Understanding factors associated with continuation of intrauterine device use in Gujarat and Rajasthan, India: a cross-sectional household study
317 Sharmada Sivaram,Sunita Singh, Loveday Penn-Kekana Understanding the role of female sterilisation in Indian family planning through qualitative analysis: perspectives from above and below
337 Bhuvaneswari Sunil Running an obstacle course: a qualitative study of women's experiences with abortion-seeking in Tamil Nadu, India
356 Aparna Tiwari, Wan-Ju Wu, David Citrin, Aasha Bhatta, Bhawana Bogati, Scott Halliday, Alisa Goldberg, Sonu Khadka, Rekha Khatri, Yashoda Kshetri, Hari Jung Rayamazi, Sabitri Sapkota, Sita Saud, Aradhana Thapa, Rachel Vreeman, Sheela Maru "Our mothers do not tell us": a qualitative study of adolescent girls’ perspectives on sexual and reproductive health in rural Nepal
369 Maitri Vayeda, Vishal Ghanghar, Shrey Desai, Pankaj Shah, Dhiren Modi, Kapilkumar Dave, Shyam Dave, Shobha Shah Improving menstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls in tribal areas of Gujarat: an evaluation of an implementation model integrating the government service delivery system
Commentaries
385 Meghan Bellerose, Aparajita Gogoi, Rafia Rauf, Emma Sacks Deterministic, not tokenistic: placing women’s demands at the center of health policies and programmes
392 Sruthi Chandrasekaran, Chandrashekar VS, Suchitra Dalvie, Anand Sinha The case for the use of telehealth for abortion in India
400 Avishek Hazra, Arupendra Mozumdar, Iram Kamran, Ashish Bajracharya, Saumya RamaRao Setting up a research agenda for financing sexual and reproductive health services toward achieving universal health coverage in South Asia
408 Muthusamy Santhosh Kumar, R Sharon Annie Metilda Confidential review of maternal deaths in a South Indian state: current status and the way forward
413 Anindita Majumdar, Asif Qureshi Thinking about infertility from a mixed methods perspective: the need to look at toxicity in rural India
Perspective
420 Tanvir Alim, Md. Shihab, Adnan Hossain Experiences of intersex individuals in Bangladesh: some reflections
Reviews
427 Abid Faheem The nature of obstetric violence and the organisational context of its manifestation in India: a systematic review
436 Taqbir Huda “No signs of rape”: corroboration, resistance and the science of disbelief in the medico-legal jurisprudence of Bangladesh
449 Dipika Jain, Anubha Rastogi, Kavya Kartik, Anmol Diwan, Oieshi Saha Medical abortion through telehealth in India: a critical perspective
461 Amita Pitre, Lakshmi Lingam Age of consent: challenges and contradictions of sexual violence laws in India
475 Anna Williams, Abu Sayed Hasan, Muhammad Munir Hussain, Eshani Ruwanpura, Sathya Doraiswamy, Caroline Crosbie, Sojib Bin Zaman, Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque What we know and don’t know: A mapping review of available evidence, and evidence gaps, on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Bangladesh
Executive Editor: Emma Pitchforth
Chief Executive: Eszter Kismödi
Senior Editors: Sarah Keogh, TK Sundari Ravindran
Managing Editor: Pete Chapman
Monitoring Editor: Pathika Martin
South Asia Hub Manager: Sanjeeta Gawri
Communications Manager: Alexane Bremshey
Operations Manager: Amy Griffiths
Associate Editors: Laura Ferguson, Atsumi Hirose, Nambusi Kyegombe, Helen Potts, Mindy Jane Roseman, Nina Sun, Joyce Wamoyi
Translation:
Françoise de Luca-Lacoste translated abstracts from English to French and Lisette Silva translated abstracts from English to Spanish.
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