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Global sexual health: Why communal knowledge about pleasure and well-being matters
For decades, discussions and decisions about access to contraception, abortion, maternal health care, HIV prevention and treatment, comprehensive sexuality education, gender equity and protection from sexual violence have largely flowed…
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The piece argues that global sexual‑health initiatives have long been driven by the Global North, with researchers, donors and international bodies exporting programs and setting priorities around contraception, abortion, maternal care, HIV prevention, comprehensive sexuality education, gender equity and protection from sexual violence. It notes that these efforts have largely ignored community‑defined concepts of pleasure, desire and broader sexual well‑being. The article calls for greater attention to the questions that communities themselves consider central to sexual health.
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