What We Do

Abortion

Contraception

HIV/STI Prevention

Linking Reproductive Health & HIV

Fellowship

Other

Where We Work

The young women’s health and sexuality study

Through this knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors study among never-married women in the Middle East and North Africa, we hope to understand better the behaviors, opinions, and needs of young women. Using this baseline information we are collaborating with local organizations and academic institutions to develop targeted interventions. We have completed the study with university students in Tunisia, Jordan, and the West Bank and intend to expand the study to additional countries in the upcoming year.

 

Resources:

• Illicit sex, abortion, and so-called “honor killings”: Attitudes and opinions of female university students in Palestine. Download abstract
• Foster A. In the eye of which beholder? Beauty, body image and sexuality in contemporary Tunisia. Chapter in Sexuality in the Arab World, S. Khalaf and J. Gagnon (Eds.) Beirut: Sadiqi Press, 2006; 163-174. Request article
• Foster A. Young women’s sexuality: The health consequences of misinformation among university students. Chapter in Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East. D.L. Bowen and E. Early (Eds.) Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002; 98-110. Download

 

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