For any woman, pregnancy and giving birth are major life-changing experiences. This
period is argued to indicate a shift from girlhood into womanhood. However, this experience …

Seventeen articles make up this special collection, covering a range of different, but cross-
cutting themes. These highlight contemporary concerns in African research and scholarship …

Background The unmet need for modern contraceptives among sexually active adolescent
and young women (AYW) in Africa contributes to high morbidity and mortality. To investigate …

The idea that adolescence, an important developmental stage in human life is embodied in
emotions is not new. However, the association between adolescence, unplanned …

Abstract Black women in South African continue to experience gender inequality that
manifests through gender-based violence, underrepresentation of women in leadership …

Young women in township spaces aspire towards lifestyles that demonstrate affluence, a
different socio-economic reality than the scarcity characterising their socio-economic space …

This paper discusses lessons from the researcher's experiences of her ethnographic
approach that employed a sociological study on the lived experiences of young women in …

Abstract'Adolescence,''motherhood'and'HIV/AIDS'are important constructs that are at the
centre of continuous debates worldwide, and specifically in South Africa. Given the …