Understanding young women's experiences of gender inequality in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh through story circles.

Adolescents India gender health participatory methods story circles

Journal

International journal of adolescence and youth
ISSN: 0267-3843
Titre abrégé: Int J Adolesc Youth
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8802674

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 03 12 2018
accepted: 09 01 2019
entrez: 8 4 2020
pubmed: 15 2 2019
medline: 15 2 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

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.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32257623
doi: 10.1080/02673843.2019.1568888
pii: 1568888
pmc: PMC7077462
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

1-11

Informations de copyright

© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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Auteurs

Luciana E Hebert (LE)

Ci3, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Suchi Bansal (S)

Ci3, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Soo Young Lee (SY)

Ci3, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Shirley Yan (S)

Ci3, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Motolani Akinola (M)

Ci3, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Márquez Rhyne (M)

Ci3, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Alicia Menendez (A)

Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Melissa Gilliam (M)

Ci3, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

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