Publications

Analyse de genre, Violence basée sur le genre, Santé de la reproduction

Wouango, J., Delvaux, T. et al (accepted), Parent-Child Communication on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR): A Qualitative Study Exploring the Perspectives of Parents, Adolescents and Young Adults in the Region of Kaolack, Senegal. BMC Public Health.

Delvaux, T, Wouango, J., et al (in press) Improving Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Information and Services for Adolescents and Youth in the Kaolack, Fatick, and Kaffrine Regions of Senegal: The Experience of Action Research. BMC Health Services.

Wouango, J.  (in press), Overcoming Barriers: A Case Study of Successful Access to Maternal Healthcare in Burkina Faso, International. Review of Administrative Sciences.

Camara C.M, Wouango, J., Delvaux, T. et al (in press). Exploring youth information seeking on sexual and reproductive health in Senegal: cases of the Kaolack, Fatick, and Kaffrine regions. African Journal of Reproductive Health.

Wouango, J. & Ostermann, S. (2024) Explaining Variation in Compliance with Anti-FGM and Child Marriage Law in Burkina Faso, In  Routledge Handbook of Childhood Studies and Global Development, Abebe, T., Wells, K., Dar, A., & Liseth A. & Lopez,A. (Eds), Routledge.pp.

Ostermann, S. and Wouango, J. (2024); Burkina Faso’s surprisingly successful effort to abandon female genital mutilation and cutting, In Pathways to Positive Public Administration: New Directions for Theory and Practice, Edited by Patrick Lucas, Tina Nabatchi , Janine O’Flynn , and Paul ’t Hart, pp.88–108. Open Acess.

Wouango, J. et Poncelet, M. (2023). Connaissances, attitudes et pratiques des adolescent(e)s et jeunes célibataires de 15-24 ans en matière de santé sexuelle et reproductive (SSR): une étude mixte au Centre-est du Burkina Faso" .Policy brief. Bruxelles: Enabel.

Wouango, J, Delvaux,T, Michielsen, K et al (2022). Étude socio-anthropologique sur la santé reproductive (SR) des adolescent(e)s et jeunes de 10-24 ans à Kaolack, Fatick et Kaffrine. Enabel: Technical Report. Not publicly available.

Wouango, J, Poncelet, M. & Tionyélé, F (2022). Une analyse qualitative genre de la santé de la reproduction, des violences sexuelles et basées (VSBG) sur le genre, de la sécurité et de l’entrepreneuriat dans le Centre-Est du Burkina Faso. Enabel: Technical Report. Not publicly available.

Poncelet, M., Wouango, J, Fontaine, S et al, (2021), Enquête quantitative CAP Genre dans les domaines de la santé de la reproduction, des violences sexuelles et basées (VSBG) sur le genre, de la sécurité et de l’entrepreneuriat au Centre-Est du Burkina Faso. Enabel: Technical Report. Technical Report.

Meroka-Mutua, A.; Mwanga, D.; Ostermann, S.and Wouango, J, (2021) "Coercion versus Persuasion: FGM/C and the Law in Kenya and Burkina Faso" Law & Society Review. 55, 4, 587-613. Abstract

Wouango, J., Ostermann, S. and Mwanga D. (2020), When and How Does Law Effectively Reduce the Practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting? Evidence to End FGM/C: Research to Help Girls and Women Thrive. Technical Report. New York: Population Council.

Wouango, J., Ostermann, L. S., & Mwanga, D. (2020). “When and How Does Law Effectively Reduce the Practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A crossborder Study in Burkina Faso and Mali.” Evidence to End FGM/C. Policy Brief. Nairobi: Population Council.

Wouango, J., Ostermann, L. S., & Mwanga, D. (2020).  «Dans quelles conditions la loi est-elle efficace pour réduire la pratique des mutilations génitales féminines/excision : Une étude transfrontalière au Burkina Faso et au Mali ». Evidence to End FGM/C Policy Brief  Nairobi: Population Council. 

Protection de l'enfance and Education

Wouango, J. (2017). Girls’ Access to Higher Education in Burkina Faso: Parental Choices, Students Career Paths and Challenges [original French: L’accès des filles à l’enseignement supérieur au Burkina Faso: choix parentaux, parcours d’étudiantes et défis], International Review of Education, 63, 2, p. 213-233. Abstract.

Poncelet M., Wouango, J. and Maccatory, B (2017). Logics, Constraints and Strategies of Students in the Choice of their Studies at the University Ouaga I, Burkina Faso. Research Report for ARES (Academy for Research and Higher Education), Belgium.Not publicly available.

Wouango, J. (2017), Combating Child Labour? Policies and Actors of a Controversy Fight in Burkina Faso [Original French title: Combattre le travail des enfants? Politiques et acteurs d’une lutte controversée au Burkina Faso], Paris, L’Harmattan, 298 pages. Synopsis

Wouango, J. (2016). Gender and the Fight against Child Labour in Burkina Faso [Original French title: Genre et lutte contre le travail des enfants au Burkina Faso]. In M., Jacquemin, D., Bonnet et al., Girl or Boy: Perspectives on Childhood and Gender. Paris, France: INED, p. 85-100. Full chapter.

Wouango, J. (2016). The Burkina Faso Movement of Working Children and Youth: an expression of children's capacity of action? [Orginal French title: Les associations des enfants et jeunes travailleurs du Burkina Faso comme espace d’expression de la capacité d’action des enfants ?] International Journal Enfances Familles Générations, 25.Full article.

Wouango, J. (2015). Children’s Perspectives on their Working Lives and on Public Action against Child Labour in Burkina Faso. In M., Bourdillon, G., Crivello, & A., Pankhurst (Ed.), Children's Work and Labour in East Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Organization for Social Science Research in East Africa, p. 127-139. Summary.

Wouango, J. (2012). L’action publique de lutte contre le travail des enfants au Burkina Faso : politiques, acteurs, dynamique d’actions et controverses [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/115069 

Wouango, J. (2012). Child Labour and Public Policies in Burkina Faso. In D., Bonnet, C., Rollet, & C. É., De Suremain (Eds.), Models of Childhood: successions, transformations, cross-cultural perspectives, Paris, France: Éditions des Archives contemporaines, p. 193-206.

Wouango, J., & Turcotte, D. (2013). Institutional Configurations of Child Protection: Cross-cultural Perspectives of Africa, Europe and North America. International Journal Enfances Familles Générations, 21, p. 237-259. Full article

Wouango, J. (2011). Child Labour and the Right to Education in Burkina Faso: The Case of Children Working in the Stone Quarry of Pissy. International Journal Cahiers de la Recherche sur l'Éducation et les Savoirs, 10 : 27-141. Full article.

Wouango, J. (2006). Les rapports de genre dans l'éducation au Burkina Faso [Master’s dissertation, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/129948 

Wouango, J. (2007). Les projets DEDA et FIRDES au sein l’Université de Ouagadougou : initiatives d’interface entre université et société civile ? Une Analyse entre théorie et pratique [Specialised master, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/129949 

Autres (Protection,  resolution de conflicts, impacts de décès/'autopsie verbale')

Wouango, J., Ostermann, (in press). Legal Pluralism and Land Conflicts in Rural Burkina Faso and Mali. Law & Policy.

Bowlby, S., Evans, R.,  Ribbens McCarthy, J., Wouango, J. (2021). Time-space practices of care after a family death in urban Senegal. Social & Cultural Geography 23(1). Full article.

Evans, R., Bowlby, S., Ribbens McCarthy, J., Wouango, J. (2018). Making sense of family deaths in urban Senegal: contexts and comparisons, OMEGA - Journal of Death and DyingFull article.

Evans, R., Bowlby, S., Ribbens McCarthy, J., Wouango, J. and Kebe, F. (2018). 'It's God's will': Consolation and religious meaning-making after a family death in urban Senegal. In Space, Grief and Bereavement: Consolationscapes, C. Jedan, A. Maddrell and E. Venbrux (Eds) Routledge, p.171-197. Full chapter.

Evans, R. Ribbens McCarthy, J., Bowlby, S., Wouango, J. and Kébé, F. (2017). Producing Emotionally Sensed Knowledge? Reflexivity and emotions in researching responses to death. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 20, 6, p. 585-598. Full article

Evans, R. Ribbens McCarthy, J., Kébé, F., Bowlby, S. and Wouango, J. (2017). Interpreting ‘grief’ in Senegal: Language, Emotions and Cross-cultural Translation in a Francophone African Context. Mortality Special Issue, 22, 2, p. 118-135. Full article

Evans, R., McCarthy, J. R., Bowlby, S., Wouango, J., & Kébé, F. (2016). Responses to Death, Care and Family Relations in Urban Senegal, Research Report for the Leverhulme Trust/UK, Reading, United Kingdom: University of Reading.Technical report. 



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