664
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Relational, Ableist and Gendered Sites of Violence: Perspectives of Tanzanian Girls With Disabilities on Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

References

  • Abbay, F., 2015, ‘Evaluation of disability human rights under the African Regional Human Rights System’, African Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 476–502. doi:10.3366/ajicl.2015.0132
  • Abeid, M., P. Muganyizi, P. Olsson, E. Darj and P. Axemo, 2014, ‘Community perceptions of rape and child sexual abuse: A qualitative study in rural Tanzania’, BMC International Health and Human Rights, Vol. 14, pp. 23. doi:10.1186/1472-698X-14-23
  • ADD International, 2016, Disability and Gender-Based Violence: Peer Research in Kibaha and Mkuranga, Tanzania: ADD International.
  • Aldersey, H., 2012, ‘Family perceptions of intellectual disability: Understanding and support in Dar es Salaam’, African Journal of Disability, Vol. 1, pp. 32. doi:10.4102/ajod.v1i1.32
  • Ali, M., M. Farron, L. Ouedraogo, R. K. Mahaini, K. Miller and R. Kabra, 2018, ‘Research gaps and emerging priorities in sexual and reproductive health in Africa and the eastern Mediterranean regions’, Reproductive Health, Vol. 15, pp. 39. doi:10.1186/s12978-018-0484-9
  • Altunjan, T., 2021, Reproductive Violence and International Criminal Law, International Criminal Justice Series, The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press.
  • Amit, V., 2002, Realizing Community: Concepts, Social Relationships and Sentiments, London: Routledge.
  • Baird, S., L. Camfield, A. Ghimire, B. A. Hamad, N. Jones, K. Pincock and T. Woldehanna, 2021, ‘Intersectionality as a framework for understanding adolescent vulnerabilities in low and middle income countries: Expanding our commitment to leave no one behind’, The European Journal of Development Research, Vol. 33, pp. 1143–1162. doi:10.1057/s41287-021-00440-x
  • Bangura, I. R., J. Njelesani and D. Njelesani, 2021, ‘“Night wives” and the education of girls with disabilities in Sierra Leone.’ Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. https://oxfordre.com/education/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.001.0001/acrefore-9780190264093-e-439.
  • Bannink Mbazzi, F., R. Nalugya, E. Kawesa, H. Nambejja, P. Nizeyimana, P. Ojok, G. Van Hove and J. Seeley, 2020, ‘Obuntu Bulamu’ : Development and testing of an indigenous intervention for disability inclusion in Uganda.
  • Berghs, M., 2017, ‘Practices and discourses of ubuntu: Implications for an African model of disability?’, African Journal of Disability, Vol. 6, pp. e1–e8. doi:10.4102/ajod.v6i0.292
  • Breen, R. L., 2006, ‘A practical guide to focus-group research’, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Vol. 30, pp. 463–475. doi:10.1080/03098260600927575
  • Bukuluki, P., P. Kisaakye, S. P. Wandiembe, T. Musuya, E. Letiyo and D. Bazira, 2021, ‘An examination of physical violence against women and its justification in development settings in Uganda’, PLoS One, Vol. 16, pp. e0255281. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0255281
  • Burke, E., F. Kébé, I. Flink, M. van Reeuwijk and A. le May, 2017, ‘A qualitative study to explore the barriers and enablers for young people with disabilities to access sexual and reproductive health services in Senegal’, Reproductive Health Matters, Vol. 25, pp. 43–54. doi:10.1080/09688080.2017.1329607
  • Bylund, S., M. Målqvist, N. Peter and S. Herzig van Wees, 2020, ‘Negotiating social norms, the legacy of vertical health initiatives and contradicting health policies: A qualitative study of health professionals’ perceptions and attitudes of providing adolescent sexual and reproductive health care in Arusha and Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania’, Global Health Action, Vol. 13, pp. 1775992. doi:10.1080/16549716.2020.1775992
  • Carew, M. T., S. H. Braathen, L. Swartz, X. Hunt and P. Rohleder, 2017, ‘The sexual lives of people with disabilities within low- and middle-income countries: A scoping study of studies published in English’, Global Health Action, Vol. 10, pp. 1337342. doi:10.1080/16549716.2017.1337342
  • Casebolt, M. T., 2020, ‘Barriers to reproductive health services for women with disability in low- and middle-income countries: A review of the literature’, Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, Vol. 24, pp. 100485. doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2020.100485
  • CEDAW, 2017, General recommendation No. 35 on gender-based violence against women, updating general recommendation No. 19.
  • Chadwick, R. J., 2016, ‘Obstetric violence in South Africa’, South African Medical Journal, Vol. 106, pp. 423. doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i5.10708
  • Chadwick, R., 2021, ‘Breaking the frame: Obstetric violence and epistemic rupture’, Agenda, Vol. 35, pp. 104–115. doi:10.1080/10130950.2021.1958554
  • Chadwick, R. and J. M.-J. Jace Mavuso, 2021, ‘On reproductive violence: Framing notes’, Agenda, Vol. 35, pp. 1–11. doi:10.1080/10130950.2021.1987074
  • Chilwalo, M., 2020, ‘Community-based, endogenous and ubuntu inspired child protection mechanisms: case of the girl power program in addressing school-related gender-based violence in Chibombo District of Zambia’, African Journal of Social Work, Vol. 10, pp. 10–15.
  • Chiweshe, M. T., T. Fetters and E. Coast, 2021, ‘Whose bodies are they? Conceptualising reproductive violence against adolescents in Ethiopia, Malawi and Zambia’, Agenda, Vol. 35, pp. 12–23. doi:10.1080/10130950.2021.1964220
  • Coast, E., N. Jones, U. M. Francoise, W. Yadete, R. Isimbi, K. Gezahegne and L. Lunin, 2019, ‘Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Ethiopia and Rwanda: A qualitative exploration of the role of social Norms’, Sage Open, Vol. 9, pp. 215824401983358. doi:10.1177/2158244019833587
  • Denzin, N. K. and Y. S. Lincoln, 2018, The SAGE handbook of qualitative research, Los Angeles: Sage.
  • Dolan, Chris, 2014, ‘Has patriarchy been stealing the feminists’ clothes? conflict-related sexual violence and UN security council resolutions’, IDS Bulletin, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 80–84.
  • Dotson, K., 2011, ‘Tracking epistemic violence, tracking practices of Silencing’, Hypatia, Vol. 26, pp. 236–257. doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.2011.01177.x
  • Dubois, V., 2017, Bureaucrat and the Poor: Encounters in French Welfare Offices, Farnham: Ashgate.
  • Emirbayer, M., 1997, ‘Manifesto for a relational Sociology’, American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 103, No. 2, pp. 281–317. doi:10.1086/231209
  • Eskola, J., 1997, Eläytymismenetelmäopas [The Guide to the Method of Empahty-Based Stories], Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto.
  • Etieyibo, E. and P. Ikuenobe, 2020, Menkiti on Community and Becoming a Person, Lanham: Lexington Books.
  • Farmer, P., 2013, ‘On suffering and structural violence: A view from below’, Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts, Vol. 3, pp. 11–28.
  • Flick, U., 2017, Designing Qualitative Research, The Sage Qualitative Research Kit, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
  • Freedman, L. P., K. Ramsey, T. Abuya, B. Bellows, C. Ndwiga, C. E. Warren, S. Kujawski, W. Moyo, M. E. Kruk and G. Mbaruku, 2014, ‘Defining disrespect and abuse of women in childbirth: A research, policy and rights agenda’, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol. 92, pp. 915–917. doi:10.2471/BLT.14.137869
  • Goodley, D., 2014, Dis/Ability Studies: Theorising Disablism and Ableism, New York: Routledge.
  • Grech, S., 2011, ‘Recolonising debates or perpetuated coloniality? Decentring the spaces of disability, development and community in the Global South’, International Journal of Inclusive Education, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 87–100. doi:10.1080/13603116.2010.496198
  • Grech, S. and K. Soldatic, 2016, Disability in the Global South, International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice, Cham: Springer International Publishing AG.
  • Greenwood, M., B. Fakih, M. Steff, S. Bechange and M. Mrisho, 2016, ‘Hear my voice: A community-based participatory study gathering the lived experiences of people with disabilities and older people in Tanzania’, Knowledge Management for Development Journal, Vol. 2016, pp. 63–78.
  • Grischow, J., A. Naami, W. Mprah and M. Mfoafo-M’Carthy, 2021, ‘Methodologically thinking: Doing disability research in Ghanaian cultural Communities’, Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, Vol. 23, pp. 169–179. doi:10.16993/sjdr.702
  • Gyekye, K., 1987, An Essay on African Philosophical Thought, Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
  • Gyekye, K., 2004, Person and community in African thought, in P. Coetzee and A. Roux, eds., The African Philosophy Reader, New York: Routledge, pp. 348–365. Available at: http://www.galerie-inter.de/kimmerle/frameText9.htm.
  • Heikkilä, M., H. Katsui and M. Mustaniemi-Laakso, 2020, ‘Disability and vulnerability: A human rights reading of the responsive state’, The International Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 24, pp. 1180–1200. doi:10.1080/13642987.2020.1715948
  • Held, V., 2010, ‘Can the ethics of care handle violence?’, Ethics and Social Welfare, Vol. 4, pp. 115–129. doi:10.1080/17496535.2010.484256
  • Imafidon, E., 2021, ‘African communitarian philosophy of personhood and disability: The asymmetry of value and power in access to healthcare’, International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies, Vol. 4, pp. 46–57. doi:10.13169/intecritdivestud.4.1.0046.
  • Jewkes, R., 2010, ‘Emotional abuse: A neglected dimension of partner violence’, The Lancet, Vol. 376, pp. 851–852. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61079-3
  • Kabia, E., R. Mbau, K. W. Muraya, R. Morgan, S. Molyneux and E. Barasa, 2018, ‘How do gender and disability influence the ability of the poor to benefit from pro-poor health financing policies in Kenya? An intersectional analysis’, International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol. 17, pp. 149. doi:10.1186/s12939-018-0853-6
  • Katsui, H., 2012, Disabilities, Human Rights and International Cooperation: Human Rights-Based Approach and Lived Experiences of Uganda Women with Disabilities, Publication Series No.8, Helsinki: The Center for Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
  • Katsui, H. and S. Chalklen, 2020, Disability, Globalization and Human Rights, Interdisciplinary Disability Studies, London: Routledge.
  • Katsui, H. and M. Mojtahedi, 2015, ‘Intersection of disability and gender: Multi-layered experiences of Ethiopian women with disabilities’, Development in Practice, Vol. 25, pp. 563–573. doi:10.1080/09614524.2015.1031085
  • Kennedy, B. L. and R. Thornberg, 2018, Deduction, induction, and abduction, in Flick Uwe ed,The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Collection, London: SAGE Publications Ltd, pp. 49–64.
  • Kittay, E., 2011, ‘The ethics of care, dependence, and disability’, Ratio Juris, Vol. 24, pp. 49–58. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9337.2010.00473.x.
  • Kujawski, S., G. Mbaruku, L. P. Freedman, K. Ramsey, W. Moyo and M. E. Kruk, 2015, ‘Association between disrespect and abuse during childbirth and women’s confidence in health facilities in Tanzania’, Maternal and Child Health Journal, Vol. 19, pp. 2243–2250. doi:10.1007/s10995-015-1743-9
  • Kuper, H., S. Hameed, V. Reichenberger, N. Scherer, J. Wilbur, M. Zuurmond, I. Mactaggart, T. Bright and T. Shakespeare, 2021, ‘Participatory research in disability in low- and middle-income countries: What have we learnt and what should we Do?’, Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, Vol. 23, pp. 328–337. doi:10.16993/sjdr.814
  • Lappeman, M. and L. Swartz, 2021, ‘How gentle must violence against women be in order to not be violent? Rethinking the word “violence” in obstetric settings’, Violence Against Women, Vol. 27, pp. 987–1000. doi:10.1177/1077801221996444
  • Larson, E., A. George, R. Morgan and T. Poteat, 2016, ‘10 Best resources on … intersectionality with an emphasis on low- and middle-income countries’, Health Policy and Planning, Vol. 31, pp. 964–969. doi:10.1093/heapol/czw020
  • Laverty, C. and D. de Vos, 2022, ‘Reproductive violence as a category of analysis: Disentangling the relationship between ‘the sexual’ and ‘the reproductive’ in transitional Justice’, International Journal of Transitional Justice, Vol. 15, pp. 616–635. doi:10.1093/ijtj/ijab022
  • Lévesque, S. and A. Ferron-Parayre, 2021, ‘To use or not to use the term “obstetric violence”: Commentary on the article by Swartz and Lappeman’, Violence Against Women, Vol. 27, pp. 1009–1018. doi:10.1177/1077801221996456
  • Levesque, J.-F., M. F. Harris and G. Russell, 2013, ‘Patient-centred access to health care: Conceptualising access at the interface of health systems and populations’, International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol. 12, pp. 18. doi:10.1186/1475-9276-12-18
  • Mabeyo, Z. M. and A. Kiwelu, 2019, Indigenous and innovative models of problem solving in Tanzania: Strengths and obstacles for their adoption, in J.M. Twikirize and H. Spitzer eds,Social Work Practice in Africa: Indigenous and Innovative Approaches, Fountain: Fountain Publishers, pp. 95–110.
  • MacLachlan, M. and L. Swartz, 2009, Disability & International Development: Towards Inclusive Global Health, Dordrecht: Springer.
  • Mbeba, R. M., M. S. Mkuye, G. E. Magembe, W. L. Yotham, A. O. Mellah and S. B. Mkuwa, 2012, ‘Barriers to sexual reproductive health services and rights among young people in Mtwara district, Tanzania: A qualitative study’, Pan African Medical Journal, Vol. 13, Suppl. 1, pp. 13.
  • Mbwilo, G., B. Smide and C. Aarts, 2010, ‘Family perceptions in caring for children and adolescents with mental disabilities: A qualitative study from Tanzania’, Tanzania Journal of Health Research, Vol. 12, pp. 129–137. doi:10.4314/thrb.v12i2.56400
  • McCrae, L., 2019, Disciplining disability: Intersections between critical disability studies and cultural studies, in K. Ellis, R. Garland-Thomson and M. Kent eds, Manifestos for the Future of Critical Disability Studies: Volume 1, London: Routledge, pp. 217–229.
  • Mchome, Z., E. Richards, S. Nnko, J. Dusabe, E. Mapella and A. Obasi, 2015, ‘A ‘mystery client’ evaluation of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in health facilities from two regions in Tanzania’, PLoS One, Vol. 10, pp. e0120822. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0120822
  • McKenzie, J. A., 2016, ‘An exploration of an ethics of care in relation to people with intellectual disability and their family caregivers in the Cape Town metropole in South Africa’, Alter, Vol. 10, pp. 67–78. doi:10.1016/j.alter.2015.12.001
  • Meer, T. and H. Combrinck, 2015, ‘Invisible intersections: Understanding the complex stigmatisation of women with intellectual disabilities in their vulnerability to gender-based violence’, Agenda, Vol. 29, pp. 14–23. doi:10.1080/10130950.2015.1039307
  • Menkiti, I., 1984, Person and community in African traditional thought, in R. Wright ed,African Philosophy: An Introduction, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, pp. 171–182.
  • Mesiäislehto, V., H. Katsui and R. Sambaiga, 2021, ‘Disparities in accessing sexual and reproductive health services at the intersection of disability and female adolescence in Tanzania’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 18, pp. 1657. doi:10.3390/ijerph18041657
  • Mitra, S., 2018, Disability, Health and Human Development, Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development, New York: Palgrave Macmillan US.
  • Mlyakado, B. P. and J. C.-M. Li, 2019, ‘Sexual exploitation of adolescent students in Tanzania: Implication for social services’, International Social Work, Vol. 62, pp. 1104–1116. doi:10.1177/0020872818774111
  • Muluneh, M. D., V. Stulz, L. Francis and K. Agho, 2020, ‘Gender based violence against women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional Studies’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 17, pp. 903. doi:10.3390/ijerph17030903
  • Namatovu, F., R. Preet and I. Goicolea, 2018, ‘Gender-based violence among people with disabilities is a neglected public health topic’, Global Health Action, Vol. 11, pp. 1694758. doi:10.1080/16549716.2019.1694758
  • Ndlovu-Gatsheni, S. J., 2018, Epistemic Freedom in Africa: Deprovincialization and Decolonization, 1st ed, Rethinking Development, Milton: Routledge.
  • Neal, S., A. A. Channon, V. Chandra-Mouli and N. Madise, 2020, ‘Trends in adolescent first births in sub-Saharan Africa: A tale of increasing inequity?’, International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol. 19, pp. 151. doi:10.1186/s12939-020-01251-y
  • Ned, L. Y., 2022, ‘African renaissance as a premise for reimagined disability studies in Africa’, Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 53, pp. 485–504. doi:10.1177/00219347221074391
  • Ngilangwa, D. P., S. Rajesh, M. Kawala, R. Mbeba, B. Sambili, S. Mkuwa, R. Noronha, A. J. Meremo and J. Nyagero, 2016, ‘Accessibility to sexual and reproductive health and rights education among marginalized youth in selected districts of Tanzania’, Pan African Medical Journal, Vol. 25, pp. 1–7. doi:10.11604/pamj.supp.2016.25.2.10922.
  • Njelesani, J., 2018, ‘From the day they are born: a qualitative study exploring violence against children with disabilities in West Africa’, BMC Public Health, Vol. 18, pp. 1–7. doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5057-x.
  • Nkata, H., R. Teixeira and H. Barros, 2019, ‘A scoping review on sexual and reproductive health behaviors among Tanzanian adolescents’, Public Health Reviews, Vol. 40, pp. 4. doi:10.1186/s40985-019-0114-2
  • Nyamnjoh, A.-N., S. Swartz, K. C. Motha and M. Z. Radasi, 2022, ‘The contribution of theories of personhood in the revaluation of children in African societies’, Current Sociology, Vol. 70, No. 4, pp. 618–633. doi:10.1177/0011392120985869.
  • Nyblade, L., M. Stockton, D. Nyato and J. Wamoyi, 2017, ‘Perceived, anticipated and experienced stigma: Exploring manifestations and implications for young people’s sexual and reproductive health and access to care in North-Western Tanzania’, Culture, Health & Sexuality, Vol. 19, pp. 1092–1107. doi:10.1080/13691058.2017.1293844
  • Obasi, M., S. Manortey, K. A. Kyei, M. K. Addo, S. Talboys, L. Gay and F. Baiden, 2019, ‘Sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in schools for people with disabilities’, Pan African Medical Journal, Vol. 33. doi:10.11604/pamj.2019.33.299.18546
  • Onazi, O., 2020, An African path to disability justice: Community, relationships and obligations.
  • Oyaro, L. O., 2015, ‘Africa at crossroads: The united nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities’, American University International Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 347–377.
  • Patel, P., 2017, ‘Forced sterilization of women as discrimination’, Public Health Reviews, Vol. 38, pp. 15. doi:10.1186/s40985-017-0060-9
  • Peta, C., 2017, ‘Disability is not asexuality: The childbearing experiences and aspirations of women with disability in Zimbabwe’, Reproductive Health Matters, Vol. 25, pp. 10–19. doi:10.1080/09688080.2017.1331684
  • Posti-Ahokas, H., 2013, ‘Empathy-based stories capturing the voice of female secondary school students in Tanzania’, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Vol. 26, pp. 1277–1292. doi:10.1080/09518398.2012.731533
  • Quinones, S., T. M. Palermo, T. M. Lukongo, P. Luchemba, R. Mitti, K. Devries, R. de Groot, A. Khurshid and H. Kuper, 2021, ‘Disability status and multi-dimensional personal well-being among adolescents in the Southern Highlands Region of Tanzania: Results of a cross-sectional study’, BMJ Open, Vol. 11, pp. e044077. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044077
  • Rao, S. and M. Kalyanpur, 2020, ‘Universal notions of development and disability: Towards whose imagined vision?’, Disability and the Global South, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 1830–1851.
  • Rettová, A., 2020, ‘Cognates of ubuntu: Humanity/personhood in the Swahili philosophy of Utu’, Decolonial Subversions, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 31–60. http://decolonialsubversions.org/docs/pdfs/5_2020.03.29_Rettova.pdf.
  • Ringson, J. and A. Chereni, 2020, ‘Efficacy of the extended family system in supporting orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe: An indigenous knowledge perspective’, African Journal of Social Work, Vol. 10, pp. 99–108.
  • Rozée, V. and C. Schantz, 2021, ‘Les violences gynécologiques et obstétricales : construction d’une question politique et de santé publique [Gynecological and obstetric violence: The construction of a political and public health issue]’, Santé Publique, Vol. Vol. 33, pp. 629–634. doi:10.3917/spub.215.0629
  • Rugoho, T. and F. Maphosa, 2020, Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents with Disabilities, Singapore: Springer Singapore Pvt. Limited.
  • Sadler, M., M. J. Santos, D. Ruiz-Berdún, G. L. Rojas, E. Skoko, P. Gillen and J. A. Clausen, 2016, ‘Moving beyond disrespect and abuse: Addressing the structural dimensions of obstetric violence’, Reproductive Health Matters, Vol. 24, pp. 47–55. doi:10.1016/j.rhm.2016.04.002
  • Sambaiga, R., H. Haukanes, K. M. Moland and A. Blystad, 2019, ‘Health, life and rights: A discourse analysis of a hybrid abortion regime in Tanzania’, International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol. 18, pp. 135. doi:10.1186/s12939-019-1039-6
  • Sanderson, T., K. Kumar and L. Serrant-Green, 2013, ‘Would you decide to keep the power?: Reflexivity on the interviewer–interpreter–interviewee triad in interviews with female Punjabi rheumatoid arthritis patients’, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Vol. 12, pp. 511–528. doi:10.1177/160940691301200126
  • Sando, D., H. Ratcliffe, K. McDonald, D. Spiegelman, G. Lyatuu, M. Mwanyika-Sando, F. Emil, M. N. Wegner, G. Chalamilla and A. Langer, 2016, ‘The prevalence of disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth in urban Tanzania’, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol. 16, pp. 236. doi:10.1186/s12884-016-1019-4
  • Sanga, L. S., M. Possi and J. S. Ndabi, 2022, ‘Secondary school teachers’ attitudes towards provision of sexual and reproductive health education to learners with deafness in Tanzania’, Papers in Education and Development, Vol. 40, pp. 110–127.
  • Shakespeare, T., 2014, Disability Rights and Wrongs Revisited, London: Routledge.
  • Starrs, A. M., A. C. Ezeh, G. Barker, A. Basu, J. T. Bertrand, R. Blum, A. M. Coll-Seck, et al., 2018, ‘Accelerate progress – Sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: Report of the Guttmacher–Lancet Commission’, The Lancet, Vol. 391, pp. 2642–2692. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30293-9
  • Stylianou, A. M., J. L. Postmus and S. McMahon, 2013, ‘Measuring abusive behaviors: Is economic abuse a unique form of abuse?’, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 28, pp. 3186–3204. doi:10.1177/0886260513496904
  • Talevski, J., A. Wong Shee, B. Rasmussen, G. Kemp and A. Beauchamp, 2020, ‘Teach-back: A systematic review of implementation and impacts’, PLoS One, Vol. 15, pp. e0231350. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231350
  • Tilley, E., J. Walmsley, S. Earle and D. Atkinson, 2012, ‘The silence is roaring: Sterilization, reproductive rights and women with intellectual disabilities’, Disability & Society, Vol. 27, pp. 413–426. doi:10.1080/09687599.2012.654991
  • Timmermans, S. and I. Tavory, 2022, Data Analysis in Qualitative Research: Theorizing with Abductive Analysis, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • UN, 1993, Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women.
  • UN, 2006, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
  • UN, 2015, Sustainable Development Goals, New York: United Nations.
  • UNICEF, 2021, Situation Analysis of Children and Young People With Disabilities in Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.
  • United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, National Plan of Action to End Violence Against Women and Children in Tanzania 2017/18–2021/22.
  • United Republic of Tanzania, 2018, National Population Projections, Dar es Salaam: National Bureau of Statistics.
  • Vaismoradi, M., H. Turunen and T. Bondas, 2013, ‘Content analysis and thematic analysis: Implications for conducting a qualitative descriptive study: Qualitative descriptive study’, Nursing & Health Sciences, Vol. 15, pp. 398–405. doi:10.1111/nhs.12048
  • Valentine, A., I. Akobirshoev and M. Mitra, 2019, ‘Intimate partner violence among women with disabilities in Uganda’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 16, pp. 947. doi:10.3390/ijerph16060947
  • van der Heijden, I., J. Harries and N. Abrahams, 2019, ‘Ethical considerations for disability-inclusive gender-based violence research: Reflections from a South African qualitative case study’, Global Public Health, Vol. 14, pp. 737–749. doi:10.1080/17441692.2018.1542015
  • Wallin, A., M. Koro-Ljungberg and J. Eskola, 2018, ‘The method of empathy-based stories’, International Journal of Research & Method in Education, Vol. 42, pp. 525–535. doi:10.1080/1743727X.2018.1533937
  • Ward, Jeanne, 2016, ‘It’s not about the gender binary, It’s about the gender hierarchy: AReply to ‘Letting Go of the Gender Binary’, International Review of the Red Cross, Vol. 98, No. 1, pp. 275–298.
  • WHO, World Bank, 2011, World Report on Disability, Geneva: World Health Organization.
  • Wickenden, M. and G. Kembhavi-Tam, 2014, ‘Ask us too! Doing participatory research with disabled children in the global south’, Childhood, Vol. 21, pp. 400–417. doi:10.1177/0907568214525426
  • Wudneh, A., A. Cherinet, M. Abebe, Y. Bayisa, N. Mengistu and W. Molla, 2022, ‘Obstetric violence and disability overlaps: obstetric violence during child birth among womens with Disabilities: a qualitative study’, BMC Women's Health, Vol. 22, pp. 299. doi:10.1186/s12905-022-01883-y