Title:
Male Involvement in Family Planning in Nigeria: A Gender Perspective
Authors:
Ogbe, Omotese Ekpen
Place:
Amsterdam
Publisher:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute [etc.]
Year:
2017
PAGE:
x, 51
Language:
En
Subject:
Health and Poverty
Keywords:
family planning, Nigeria, male involvement, gender norms, masculinity.
Abstract:
Despite renewed commitment to scale up uptake of family planning (FP), Nigeria still experiences a high unmet need and low contraceptive prevalence. Evidence suggests that there is a significant improvement in uptake of reproductive health services and promotion of gender equality when men are involved in family planning. However, Nigerian family planning policy still targets mainly women. Masculine gender norms have been known to influence men‟s attitude and behaviour towards their involvement in FP as clients and as partners. This gendered aspect of male involvement in FP has not been explored adequately and remains under-researched in Nigeria. This study aims to explore how masculinity norms affects male involvement in FP in Nigeria and identify potential strategies that can be adopted in improving male involvement in FP in Nigeria. Using a gender perspective, the study was carried out as a literature review of studies done in Nigeria. Findings revealed that traditional dominant norms like being the breadwinner and key decision maker were the most popular. Men who mostly adhere to hegemonic norms were more likely to have inequitable relationships where open communication on FP and shared decision making was difficult. There are an increasing number of men who do not conform to hegemonic norms and show a willingness to get involved positively in FP. Programs that want to increase male involvement in FP should therefore use a gender-sensitive approach that promotes gender equality between couples and transforms negative norms to positive equitable norms that favour FP.
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute
,
VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Institute:
KIT (Royal Tropical Institute)
Country:
Nigeria
Region:
West Africa
Training:
Masters of International Health
Category:
Research
Right:
@ 2017 Ogbe
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation
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