CONTENTS
Editorial
S1 Jocelyn DeJong, Shirin Heidari Gendered bodies and reproduction in the Arab countries and Turkey
Commentary
S4 Jocelyn DeJong, Huda Zurayk, Cynthia Myntti, Belgin Tekçe, Rita Giacaman, Hyam Bashour, Atf Ghérissi, Noha Gaballah Health research in a turbulent region: the Reproductive Health Working Group
Research articles
S16 Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian, Hyam Bashour, Amina El-Nemer, Mayada Kharouf, Salah Sheikha, Nasser El Lakany, Rafik Barakat, Ohoud Elsheikh, Nadia Nameh, Rabih Chahine, Anayda Portela Women’s satisfaction and perception of control in childbirth in three Arab countries
S27 Livia Wick Survival and negotiation: narratives of severe (near-miss) neonatal complications of Syrian women in Lebanon
S35 Ayşecan Terzioğlu, Weeam Hammoudeh Coping with cancer diagnosis and treatment: a comparative study on women with breast cancer in Turkey and occupied Palestinian territory
S47 Başak Can The gendered workplaces of women garment workers in Istanbul
S56 Farha Ghannam When he is “tied”: power, vulnerability, and embodied masculinity in Egypt
S65 Lenka Beňová The business of desire: “Russian” bars in Amman, Jordan
S75 Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian, Rima Mourtada, Hyam Bashour, Faysal El Kak, Huda Zurayk Perspectives of displaced Syrian women and service providers on fertility behaviour and available services in West Bekaa, Lebanon
S87 Layaly Hamayel, Doaa Hammoudeh, Lynn Welchman Reproductive health and rights in East Jerusalem: the effects of militarisation and biopolitics on the experiences of pregnancy and birth of Palestinians living in the Kufr ‘Aqab neighbourhood
S96 Sonya EM Knox How they see it: young women's views on early marriage in a post-conflict setting
Acknowledgements
Many people and institutions have helped to make the idea of this supplement a reality. We extend deep appreciation to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Canada which funded the special issue, including funds for open-access publication via a grant to the Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut.
Prior to IDRC, the Ford Foundation’s regional office in Cairo had supported the network through a long-term commitment that enabled the network to grow into what it is today. The Population Council office in Egypt provided a supportive institutional base during the early days of the network.
The Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut (AUB) deserves special thanks for providing a conducive academic base from which the network has been coordinated since the late 1990s.
Thanks also go to Pathika Martin at the RHM London office for help in its production and publication and to Ghada Saad at AUB who supported the work of the guest editor. Heartfelt appreciation is also extended to the peer reviewers for this special issue, all of whom gave generously of their time to provide comments which have greatly improved the quality of the papers. Above all, thanks are due to the authors of the papers for the patience throughout this process and to members of the network who supported the paper authors in helping to bring this project to fruition.
The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in the articles. These do not necessarily represent the views, decisions or policies of the institutions with which they are affiliated.
Peer reviewers
Elif Aksit, Kamran Ali, Alaka Basu, Aksu Bora, Sarah Chynoweth, Ernestina Coast, Saniye Dedeoglu , Christopher Dole, Rosa Domingues, Veronique Filippi, Angel Foster, Sherine Hamdy, Lisa Hinton, Hanna Kienzler, Hacer Nalbant, Rana Obeidat, Julie Peteet, Martina Rieker, Jinan Usta, Lisa Wynn
Cover
Members of the Reproductive Health Working Group at their meeting in Dhour Choueir, Lebanon in 2015.
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Abstracts were translated into Arabic and French by Patrick Kamel.
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