Diversity in Human Sexuality: Implications for Policy in Africa

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assaf.peer-review.statusPeer-Reviewed
dc.contributor.authorAcademy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-23T13:16:38Z
dc.date.available2017-05-23T13:16:38Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionCite: Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2015). Diversity in human sexuality: implications for policy in Africa. [Online] Available at: DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf/0022
dc.description.abstractASSAf, in collaboration with the Uganda National Academy of Sciences, undertook a consensus study on Diversity in Human Sexuality: Implications for Policy in Africa in 2015. The topic of sexual and gender diversity has elicited very different reactions in African countries and amongst scholars in Africa. Same-sex activities are becoming more visible in African populations, yet the subject is consistently avoided or the practice denied or criminalised. Although it has been regularly and widely claimed that homosexuality is “un- African”, reputable studies by historians and anthropologists have found same-sex relationships to have been prevalent since the pre-colonial period in Africa. Thirty-eight of fifty-three African nations criminalise homosexuality, thereby imposing varying degrees of legislative restrictions on sexual preference and practices, and on the fulfillment of human rights of individuals and affected groups. Furthermore, the stigmatisation and criminalisation of homosexuality has made public health interventions, particularly with respect to HIV prevention and treatment, difficult to effectively implement.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipUS National Academy of Sciences, United States Rockefeller Foundation, United Statesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAcademy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2015). Diversity in human sexuality: implications for policy in Africa. [Online] Available at: DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf/0022en_ZA
dc.identifier.doi10.17159/assaf/0022
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf/0022
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/38
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAcademy of Science of South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectSexualityen_ZA
dc.subjectGenderen_ZA
dc.subjectDiversityen_ZA
dc.subjectHealthen_ZA
dc.subjectAfricaen_ZA
dc.titleDiversity in Human Sexuality: Implications for Policy in Africaen_ZA
dc.typeReporten_ZA
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