Blar i Department of Health Promotion and Development på forfatter "Haukanes, Haldis"
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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, 2021)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 ... -
“I came to escort someone”: Men’s experiences of antenatal care services in urban Ghana—a qualitative study
Ampim, Gloria Abena; Blystad, Astrid; Kpoor, Albert; Haukanes, Haldis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Male involvement in maternal healthcare has been widely recognized as essential for positive health outcomes for expectant mothers and their unborn babies. However, few studies have explored men’s experiences ... -
I Do Not Want Her to be Doing Anything Stressful’: Men’s Involvement in Domestic Work during pregnancy in Ghana
Ampim, Gloria Abena; Haukanes, Haldis; Blystad, Astrid; Kpoor, Albert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Drawing on qualitative research from rural and urban areas, this article contributes to evolving social research in Ghana on possible changes in the gendered distribution of domestic labour. Formulated within debates on ... -
Making Fathers: Masculinities and Social Change in the Ghanaian Context
Ampim, Gloria Abena; Haukanes, Haldis; Blystad, Astrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Framed within recent debates about hegemonic masculinity and in-depth historical and contemporary research on fatherhood and gender roles in Ghana, this article explores current ways of becoming and being a father in Ghana. ... -
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 ... -
Participation in climate change adaptation programs in Nepal: an intersectional study
Ranjitkar, Preema; Haukanes, Haldis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In the social discourses of climate change, women are perceived both as vulnerable victims and as active players in adaptation. These perceptions of women along with inclusion policies have led climate change adaptation ... -
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 ... -
Silences and Secrets of Family, Community and State
Pine, Frances; Haukanes, Haldis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In this article, we suggest that silence is often more about remembering than forgetting. We consider ways in which silences can occupy and dominate state discourse, community knowledge, family stories and individual ... -
‘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 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 ...