Perceptions and reality of reproductive rights, health and choice in northern Chile
department or school: Arts and Sciences, Irving K. Barber School of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Belliveau, Laura Anne
issued: 2018-10-25T16:39:57Z
issued: 2018
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Women in Chile continue to face various forms of gender discrimination and oppression, especially in regards to their reproductive rights and autonomy over their own bodies. This thesis investigates ideas of reproductive rights, health and choice in Northern Chile with a focus on working class women’s access to reproductive health services within public health facilities. A mixed methods approach was used within a feminist framework using qualitative methodologies including Progressive Verification Method (PVM) and Critical Methodology (CM). Single semi structured interviews were conducted with a total of eleven participants (five health professionals and six working class women) residing in Iquique, a city in Northern Chile. Working class women’s perceptions and realities in regards to topics surrounding reproduction are analyzed within the context of neoliberalism, medicalization, marianismo and other mechanisms of institutional domination and control such as bureaucratic processes. It was found that for women with less financial means there still exists more of an “illusion” of access to reproductive technologies and services, including contraceptives and therapeutic abortion, rather than literal access. This is largely due to bureaucratic roadblocks which are reinforced by neoliberal and classist ideologies. When examining the lived reality of working class women in contemporary Iquique, it was found that women are shifting away from traditionalist patterns when making decisions about marriage and motherhood, although ideas of reproduction and reproductive responsibility remain highly feminized.
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note: PERCEPTIONS AND REALITY OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, HEALTH AND CHOICE IN NORTHERN CHILE by Laura Anne Belliveau B.A., The University of British Columbia, 2010 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Interdisciplinary Studies) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) October 2018 © Laura Anne Belliveau, 2018 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation entitled: Perceptions and Reality of Reproductive Rights, Health and Choice in Northern Chile submitted by Laura Anne Belliveau in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts__ Patricia Tomic, Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Sciences Supervisor Ricardo Trumper, Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Sciences Supervisory Committee Member Jessica Stites Mor, Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Sciences Supervisory Committee Member James Rochlin, Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Sciences University Examiner iii Abstract Women in Chile continue to face various forms of gender discrimination and oppression, especially in regards to their reproductive rights and autonomy over their own bodies. This thesis investigates ideas of reproductive rights, health and choice in Northern Chile with a focus on working class women’s access to reproductive health services within public health facilities. A mixed methods approach was used within a feminist framework using qualitative methodologies including Progressive Verification Method (PVM) and Critical Methodology (CM). Single semi structured interviews were conducted with a total of eleven participants (five health professionals and six working class women) residing in Iquique, a city in Northern Chile. Working class women’s perceptions and realities in regards to topics surrounding reproduction are analyzed within the context of neoliberalism, medicalization, marianismo…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2018-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0373092
language: eng
degree discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/67694