Unsettling knowledge boundaries : the Indigenous pitiki space for Basotho women's sexual empowerment and reproductive well-being

dc.contributor.authorMohlabane, Neo
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-10T07:00:14Z
dc.date.available2023-11-10T07:00:14Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractIndigenous knowledge systems embody a holistic, inclusive view of the world and foreground interconnectedness for the promotion of life. Through reflective engagement with the author’s positioning as an Indigenous researcher, this article explores Indigenous knowledges of sexual, reproductive health and motherhood shared by Basotho women. It draws on the life stories of twenty never-married women and uses decolonial African feminist approaches to challenge the assumed universality of conceptions of sexual and reproductive health that are both deeply embedded and produced within specific relations of power. It illuminates the Indigenous pitiki space as an Indigenous knowledge hub purposed to empower Basotho women’s sexual and reproductive health. Within this space, Indigenous knowledges and skills are shared amongst women, with the elderly imparting knowledges to the young women. In the context of unsurmountable health disparities, the article shows how Indigenous knowledge-sharing outside the exclusive ‘westernised’ health systems enables communal support for the well-being of women and children in African contexts. It emphasises the need for inclusive and expansive knowledge production systems not only to better inform equitable health solutions for Indigenous communities but also for epistemic redress in the discipline of Sociology.en_US
dc.description.departmentSociologyen_US
dc.description.librarianhj2023en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rhsr20en_US
dc.identifier.citationNeo Mohlabane (2022) Unsettling knowledge boundaries: the Indigenous pitiki space for Basotho women’s sexual empowerment and reproductive well-being, Health Sociology Review, 31:2, 158-172, DOI: 10.1080/14461242.2022.2079092.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1446-1242
dc.identifier.other10.1080/14461242.2022.2079092
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/93229
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_US
dc.rights© 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an electronic version of an article published in Health Sociology Review, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 158-172, 2022. doi : 10.1080/14461242.2022.2079092. Health Sociology Review is available online at : https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rhsr20.en_US
dc.subjectSDG-10: Reduced inequalitiesen_US
dc.subjectReproductive healthen_US
dc.subjectSexualityen_US
dc.subjectFeminismen_US
dc.subjectDecolonialityen_US
dc.subjectLesothoen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous knowledgeen_US
dc.titleUnsettling knowledge boundaries : the Indigenous pitiki space for Basotho women's sexual empowerment and reproductive well-beingen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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