In dit jubileumnummer aandacht voor vijfentwintig jaar LOVA. De theoretische ontwikkelingen van feministische antropologie tot de jaren negentig en de ruimte dat wordt gegeven aan onderzoekers worden bekeken. Ingegaan wordt onder andere op antropologisch onderzoek naar Joods-Orthodoxe vrouwen vanuit seculier feministisch perspectief. Er wordt aandacht besteed aan ponymeisjes in een Amsterdams manege, ongehuwd zwangere vrouwen in Tamil Nadu (India) en statusverschil door het werk voor vrouwen in krottenwijken in Jemen.
Examination of how abuse affects risk behaviors and health outcomes, and what reproductive health care providers can do to reduce the prevalence of gender-based violence and alleviate its consequences. Contains: Coerced First Intercourse and Reproductive Health Among Adolescent Women in Rakai, Uganda / Michael A. Koenig, Iryna Zablotska, Tom Lutalo, Fred Nalugoda, Jennifer Wagman and Ron Gray: The Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Unintended Pregnancy: Analysis of a National Sample From Colombia / Christina C. Pallitto and Patricia O'Campo: Intimate Partner Violence in China: National Prevalence, Risk Factors and Associated Health Problems / William L. Parish, Tianfu Wang, Edward O. Laumann, Suiming Pan and Ye Luo: The Experience of Sexual Coercion Among Young People in Kenya / Annabel S. Erulkar: Socioeconomic Factors and Processes Associated With Domestic Violence in Rural Bangladesh / Lisa M. Bates, Sidney Ruth Schuler, Farzana Islam and Md. Khairul Islam: Exploring the Association Between HIV and Violence: Young People's Experiences with Infidelity, Violence and Forced Sex in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania / Heidi Lary, Suzanne Maman, Maligo Katebalila, Ann McCauley and Jessie Mbwambo: Reproductive Health Services and Intimate Partner Violence: Shaping a Pragmatic Response In Sub-Saharan Africa / Charlotte Watts and Susannah Mayhew.
Maternal mortality rates in Guatemala are among the highes in Latin America and highest among indigenous women. The maternal mortality ratio for indigenous women is three times higher than for the non indigenous group.