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Leila Hessini

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2004

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill(Current)

Leila Hessini is an author at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill specializing in abortion, gender studies, and abortion rights.

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GenderAbortionAbortion RightsSocial SciencesMedicineAbortion EthicsFeminist HealthPublic HealthSexual StigmaFeminist Theory

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2004–2020

11

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11

Conceptualising abortion stigma

Anuradha Kumar, Leila Hessini, Ellen M.H. Mitchell · Culture Health & Sexuality · 2009 · 714 citations

Universal Social Fact, Reproductive Health, Feminist Debate +18

Abortion and Islam: Policies and Practice in the Middle East and North Africa

Leila Hessini · Reproductive Health Matters · 2007 · 134 citations

Developing a Scale to Measure Stigmatizing Attitudes and Beliefs About Women Who Have Abortions: Results from Ghana and Zambia

Kristen M. Shellenberg, Leila Hessini, Brooke A. Levandowski · Women & Health · 2014 · 87 citations

Early pregnancy detection by female community health volunteers in Nepal facilitated referral for appropriate reproductive health services

Kathryn Andersen, Anuja Singh, Meena Kumari Shrestha et al. · Global Health Science and Practice · 2013 · 37 citations · Full text

The Power Dynamics Perpetuating Unsafe Abortion in Africa: A Feminist Perspective

Tamara Braam, Leila Hessini · African Journal of Reproductive Health · 2004 · 34 citations · Full text

Women's Right, Gender Justice, Feminist Debate +20

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