Hebert Luciana E, Bansal Suchi, Lee Soo Young, Yan Shirley, Akinola Motolani, Rhyne Márquez, Menendez Alicia, Gilliam Melissa
Ci3, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Int J Adolesc Youth. 2019 Feb 15;25(1):1-11. doi: 10.1080/02673843.2019.1568888. eCollection 2020.
Gender inequality poses grave consequences for young women's health and wellbeing. The aim of this study was to understand how gender influences the lives of young women living in urban slums of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India using story circles as a research methodology. Narrative-based participatory methods like story circles (which involves sharing individual stories in a group circle on a given topic) can provide the nuance and detail needed to understand young people's experiences, build trust between participants and researchers, and offer spaces to speak about culturally sensitive subjects. Six story circle sessions were conducted with 50 young women (aged 15-24) in Lucknow. Sessions were audio-recorded, transcribed, and coded. Transcriptions were analysed to identify the following salient themes, all of which act as mechanisms of gender inequality: mobility restrictions, rampant sexual harassment in the community, limited educational and work opportunities, and the utmost prioritization of marriage for young women.
性别不平等对年轻女性的健康和幸福造成了严重后果。本研究的目的是通过故事圈作为研究方法，了解性别如何影响生活在印度北方邦勒克瑙城市贫民窟的年轻女性的生活。基于叙事的参与式方法，如故事圈（即在小组中围绕给定主题分享个人故事），可以提供理解年轻人经历所需的细微差别和细节，建立参与者与研究人员之间的信任，并为谈论文化敏感话题提供空间。在勒克瑙与50名年轻女性（年龄在15至24岁之间）进行了六次故事圈会议。会议进行了录音、转录和编码。对转录内容进行分析，以确定以下突出主题，所有这些主题都是性别不平等的机制：行动受限、社区中猖獗的性骚扰、有限的教育和工作机会，以及年轻女性对婚姻的极度优先考虑。
