Department of Population Health, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Glob Public Health. 2021 May;16(5):801-813. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2019.1690539. Epub 2019 Nov 19.
Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights are fundamental human rights. Previous studies on gender and sexuality in displacement settings have often focused on sexual and gender-based violence and the reproductive health problems of women while underplaying their needs for sexual expression, pleasure and procreation. This paper examines the influence of conflict and displacement on gender relations, sexuality and natality of internally displaced women in Nigeria. It draws on data from a larger study in which focus group discussions and in-depth interviews were used to explore 52 women's gendered experiences with Boko Haram insurgency and displacement. A critical thematic analysis of data revealed that the women's relationships with their men were complex and ambiguous, characterised by both tensions and solidarity. The women saw their men as partners in their struggle against multi-level oppression, including the structural barriers that undermine their mutual sexual expressions and pleasure, as well as their desire to procreate and repopulate their decimated ancestral communities. We recommend collaborative efforts to promote and protect the Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of displaced women which includes building physical structures and living conditions that promote healthy, safe and pleasurable sexual expressions, and socio-political structures that create access to the long term social security.
性与生殖健康权利是基本人权。先前在流离失所环境中关于性别和性的研究往往侧重于性暴力和基于性别的暴力以及妇女的生殖健康问题，而忽略了她们对性表达、性愉悦和生育的需求。本文探讨了冲突和流离失所对尼日利亚境内流离失所妇女的性别关系、性行为和生育能力的影响。本文利用一项更大规模研究的数据，该研究采用焦点小组讨论和深入访谈的方式探讨了 52 名妇女在博科圣地叛乱和流离失所期间的性别经历。对数据的批判性主题分析显示，妇女与男子的关系复杂而模糊，既紧张又团结。妇女将男子视为与她们一起对抗多层次压迫的伙伴，包括破坏她们相互性表达和愉悦的结构性障碍，以及她们生育和繁衍被摧毁的祖传社区的愿望。我们建议共同努力，促进和保护流离失所妇女的性与生殖健康权利，包括建立促进健康、安全和愉悦的性表达的物质结构和生活条件，以及创造获得长期社会保障的社会政治结构。
