Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Haukanes, Haldis"
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The access paradox: abortion law, policy and practice in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia
Blystad, Astrid; Haukanes, Haldis; Tadele, Getnet; Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Sambaiga, Richard; Zulu, Joseph M.; Moland, Karen Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-27)Introduction: Unsafe abortion is a major contributor to the continued high global maternal mortality and morbidity rates. Legal abortion frameworks and access to sexuality education and contraception have been pointed out ... -
The emotional journey of motherhood in migration. The case of Southern European mothers in Norway
Herrero-Arias, Raquel; Hollekim, Ragnhild; Haukanes, Haldis; Vagli, Åse Elisabeth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Based on focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with Greek, Italian, and Spanish mothers living in Norway, this article contributes to an emerging body of literature on the role of emotions in migration by exploring ... -
Gendered visions of family life and parenthood among Czech young people: restricted or transforming imaginations
Haukanes, Haldis; Haskova, Hana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article explores young people’s imaginations of their future family life. Based on qualitative research among young people in North Bohemia, it considers social reproduction and change within the domain of gendered ... -
Health, life and rights: a discourse analysis of a hybrid abortion regime in Tanzania
Sambaiga, Richard; Haukanes, Haldis; Moland, Karen Marie; Blystad, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-27)Background: Unsafe abortion continues to be a major hazard for maternal health in Sub-Saharan Africa, where abortion remains highly controversial and access to safe abortion services is unequally distributed. Although ... -
Når det intime blir offentlig. Kvinners erfaringer med åpenhet om brystkreft
Johansen, Venke Frederike; Andrews, Therese Marie; Haukanes, Haldis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009)Det er i dag åpenhet omkring tema som tidligere var private og tabubelagte, blant annet gjelder det sykdom og problematiske livsforhold. Den rådende oppfatning er at åpenhet på disse områdene er til det gode. Helsemyndigheter ... -
Organizing for Empowerment: Exploring the Impact of Unionization on Domestic Workers in India
Barua, Padmaja; Haukanes, Haldis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article seeks to illuminate the impact of unionization on a group of domestic workers in the Indian metropolis of Mumbai. We argue that, as a result of being unionized, these domestic workers have been able to initiate ... -
Self-legitimation and sense-making of Southern European parents' migration to Norway: The role of family aspirations
Herrero-Arias, Raquel; Hollekim, Ragnhild; Haukanes, Haldis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article explores the migration narratives of Southern European parents living in Norway, where family projects emerged as a central theme. Migrant parents told stories not only of disillusionment and sacrifice but ... -
Shaping the abortion policy – competing discourses on the Zambian termination of pregnancy act
Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Haukanes, Haldis; Zulu, Joseph M.; Moland, Karen Marie; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Munakampe, Margarate Nzala; Blystad, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-28)Introduction: The Zambian Termination of Pregnancy Act permits abortion on socio-economic grounds, but access to safe abortion services is limited and this constitutes a considerable problem for rights to sexual and ... -
Silent politics and unknown numbers: Rural health bureaucrats and Zambian abortion policy
Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Haukanes, Haldis; Zulu, Joseph; Moland, Karen Marie; Blystad, Astrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article addresses the gaps between knowledge, policy and practice in reproductive health by exploring the processes involved in translating Zambian abortion policy from paperwork to practice in a predominantly rural ... -
‘An uneasy compromise’: strategies and dilemmas in realizing a permissive abortion law in Ethiopia
Tadele, Getnet; Haukanes, Haldis; Blystad, Astrid; Moland, Karen Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-27)Introduction At the turn of the century, when the Millennium Development Goals placed maternal mortality reduction high on the global agenda, Ethiopia relaxed its restrictive abortion law to expand grounds on which a woman ... -
When abortion becomes public - Everyday politics of reproduction in rural Zambia
Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg; Haukanes, Haldis; Blystad, Astrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article takes the public reaction to the discovery of an aborted foetus in a rural Zambian community as the empirical starting point for exploring the everyday politics of reproduction. It builds on eleven months of ... -
When abortion is not within reach. Ethiopian university students struggling with unintended pregnancies
Haukanes, Haldis; Zenebe, Mulumebet (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-28)Background In spite of increasing international commitment to young people’s sexual and reproductive health, unintended pregnancies remain a major problem for young women worldwide. This article explores the issue of ... -
Why teach sexuality education in school? Teacher discretion in implementing comprehensive sexuality education in rural Zambia
Zulu, Joseph M.; Blystad, Astrid; Haaland, Marte Emilie Sandvik; Michelo, Charles; Haukanes, Haldis; Moland, Karen Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-27)Background: Reproductive health problems such as HIV, unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion among adolescents are closely linked to insufficient knowledge about sexuality and reproduction and lack of access to contraceptives. ...