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Taking the Long, Holistic, and Intersectional View to Women’s Wellbeing

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Naveena Karusala,

Anupriya TuliAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), Volume 27, Issue 4

Article No.: 23, Pages 1 - 32

https://doi.org/10.1145/3397159

Published: 20 July 2020 Publication History

Abstract

In this article, we present 6 cases (contained in 13 studies) variously connected with women’s health in a range of Indian contexts. Analyzing these cases, we highlight that “women’s health” is inextricably linked with extrinsic factors that also need addressing, to propose a broadened focus of “women’s wellbeing,” as defined through the lens of Martha Nussbaum’s central human capabilities. Drawing again on our cases, we discuss the importance of taking a long, holistic, and intersectional view to women’s wellbeing. Consolidating lessons learned across studies, we emphasize the potential of framing challenges around women’s health as learning problems, rather than problems of information access alone. Leveraging this perspective, we propose the use of design-based implementation research as a potential approach in identified learning ecologies, given its emphasis on long-term engagement with multiple stakeholders in the learning process. Although the empirical research we draw from took place in various Indian contexts, we conclude by arguing that key contextual characteristics may translate to other cultures and geographies as well.

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Special Issue on HCI and the Body:?Reimagining Women's Health and Regular Papers

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