Hamida Massaquoi
PhD fellow
Centre for African Studies
Karen Blixens Plads 16, 2300 København S
Faculty of Theology - Main area
ORCID: 0000-0002-0008-8159
Primary fields of research
- Sexual and reproductive health
- African Studies
- Medical Anthropology
- Global Health & Development
Current research
My research delves into the challenges encountered by teenage mothers in Sierra Leone. The primary research question explores the interplay between tradition, religion and evolving social norms, shedding light on how these factors impact the sexual and reproductive rights of pregnant girls and teenage mothers. The study is based on 11-months of ethnographic fieldwork, employing the life histories of young mothers, formal and informal interviews with family and community members to understand how young girls situate themselves in different spaces before, during and after motherhood.
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