Jennifer Thompson's Outputs (2)

Fetching water in the unholy hours of the night: The impacts of a water crisis on girls' sexual health in semi-urban Cameroon (2011)
Journal Article
Thompson, J. A., Folifac, F., & Gaskin, S. J. (2011). Fetching water in the unholy hours of the night: The impacts of a water crisis on girls' sexual health in semi-urban Cameroon. Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 4(2), 111-129. https://doi.org/10.3167/ghs.2011.040208

In sub-Saharan Africa, girls' daily household chores often involve fetching water for their households. This article addresses the impact of uncertain water access in semi-urban Cameroon given the problems of rapid urbanization and increasing demands... Read More about Fetching water in the unholy hours of the night: The impacts of a water crisis on girls' sexual health in semi-urban Cameroon.

Picturing gendered water spaces: A textual approach to water in rural Sierra Leone (2011)
Journal Article
Thompson, J. A. (2011). Picturing gendered water spaces: A textual approach to water in rural Sierra Leone. Agenda, 25(2), 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2011.575996

Photographs taken by women and men through a photovoice research project about conservation in rural Sierra Leone identify water as an important community resource. Water is crucial for survival. In this rural African context, women are responsible f... Read More about Picturing gendered water spaces: A textual approach to water in rural Sierra Leone.