Publications (81)
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Violence against men in intimate partnerships in Dédougou, Burkina Faso: reported experiences, forms, and the culture of silence
Yacouba Tengueri
Domestic violence research has largely focused on women as victims, leaving male victimisation under-recognised. This study examines the prevalence, forms, and consequences of domestic violence against men in Dédougou, Burkina Faso.
A mixed-methods design combined a KoboToolbox survey of 598 men with a current or past intimate relationship(...)
Burkina Faso, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, male victimisation, masculinity
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When Insecurity Shatters Women's Economic Activity: Women's Petty Trade in Dédougou under the Strain of Terrorism (Burkina Faso)
Tengueri Yacouba
This study analyzes the impact of the security crisis linked to terrorism on women's small businesses in Dédougou, a town in the Boucle du Mouhoun region (Burkina Faso), which has become a centre for internally displaced people. A mixed approach combining a questionnaire administered to 130 traders and 40 semi-structured interviews with variou(...)
Petty trade, women, terrorism, inflation, Burkina Faso
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La masculinisation d'un métier a tradition féminine à Dédougou : les Thérapeutes de couple, entre causes, pratiques et perceptions sociales
Yacouba Tengueri, Huguette Douô Tyenou, Ami Kanazoe, Bêbê Kambou
Résumé : Cet article a pour objectif de comprendre les causes, les pratiques et les perceptions sociales de la prostitution masculine dans la ville de Dédougou. Pour saisir ce phénomène social, nous avons adopté une approche purement qualitative. Des entretiens semi-directifs ont été conduits auprès de 74 informateurs (travailleurs et travaill(...)
prostitution masculine, désir féminin, travail du sexe, thérapeutes de couple, Burkina Faso
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Qualifying Users, Ranking Rights: Water-Access Conflicts in the Bama Plain, Burkina Faso
Yamba Siri, Souleymane Karambiri, Yacouba Tengueri
Introduction: This article examines how the institutional arrangements governing the Bama irrigated plain (Burkina Faso), against a backdrop of climate variability, produce differentiated categories of water users, rank their access rights, and fuel conflicts of legitimacy. Methods: The study draws on a qualitative, socio-anthropological resea(...)
Climate variability, Water governance, Conflicts of legitimacy, Social qualification, Burkina Faso
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FROM THE MASSAGE PARLOUR TO THE ‘PLAN BIZI’: THE NEW FACES OF FEMALE PROSTITUTION IN OUAGADOUGOU IN THE DIGITAL AGE (BURKINA FASO)
Tengueri Yacouba, Kinda T Joseph, Ouattara Bakary
Context: Social media, particularly virtual platforms such as Facebook,
WhatsApp and Telegram, have become, through new information and
communication technologies, the foremost sites to which all manner of
commercial activities have relocated. By reducing the world to a simple
global village, these digital platforms enable their commer(...)
Sex work; Digital platforms; Massage parlours; Social media; Burkina Faso.
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When fleeing violence kills educational Prospects: The experiences of Internally Displaced Girls in Dédougou, Burkina Faso
Tengueri Yacouba
Context
The security crisis in the Boucle du Mouhoun region has led to the
closure of 217 schools, affecting 25,900 girls and 25,840 boys (ESU,
2023). This situation, compounded by the forced displacement of
populations, has exacerbated pre-existing gender disparities in access
to education. Against this backdrop, the present study seeks(...)
female students, security crisis, education, internally displaced persons, educational conditions
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Trauma and “spiritual resilience” among Internally Displaced Women (IDW) victims of violence in the commune of Dédougou, Burkina Faso
Tengueri Yacouba
Context
Since 2015, Burkina Faso has been ravaged by the violence of armed
terrorist groups (JNIM, EIGS), resulting in over 2 million internally
displaced persons. In the Boucle du Mouhoun region, 63.17% of
internally displaced persons (IDPs) are women (84,649 out of 133,994
in 2023). As prime targets of armed conflict, they suffer multif(...)
Internally displaced women, violence, trauma, psychological care, Burkina Faso, spiritual resilience
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Investigation of barriers and facilitators to implementing a randomised controlled trial during health emergency using the PEARLES framework: insights from the coverage Africa trial on COVID-19 treatments in Burkina Faso
M’winmalo Ines Evelyne Da, Mélanie Plazy, Anthony L’hostellier, Denis J.-M. Malvy, Olivier Marcy, Abdramane Berthé, Anselme Sanon, Camille Fritzell, Abdoul–Salam Ouédraogo, Armel Poda, Alexandre Duvignaud, Joanna Orne‐Gliemann
BACKGROUND: Preparedness for emerging pathogens can be strengthened by leveraging lessons from COVID-19 therapeutic trials. The COVERAGE Africa trial (NCT04920838, ANRS033, 2021-22), one of the few COVID-19 therapeutics trials conducted in resource-limited settings, sought to identify early treatment strategies for ambulatory patients at-risk(...)
clinical trial implementation, barriers and facilitators, adaptive trial design, regulatory delays, trial funding, participant recruitment, health emergencies, resource-limited settings, sub-Saharan Africa, research infrastructure, stakeholder engagement
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Land conflicts and insecurity of land transactions in the commune of dédougou (Burkina Faso)
TENGUERI Yacouba, KARAMBIRI Souleymane, SIRI Yamba
Context: Land conflicts constitute one of the most persistent and destabilising issues in the Sahelian context. In Burkina Faso, the difficult articulation between customary law and modern law, combined with demographic pressure and population displacement caused by insecurity, generates recurring tensions over land. Methodology: Drawing upon(...)
Land Conflicts, Land Grabbing, Land Law, Local Governance, Burkina Faso,
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Dengue in Zorgho, Burkina Faso: Exploring Popular Knowledge and Community Engagement through a Socio-Anthropological Study
Huguette Douô Tyenou, Lea Pare, Toé, Yacouba Tengueri
Introduction: Since 2013, Burkina Faso has faced recurrent dengue epidemics, and the 2023 outbreak was the largest ever recorded in the country and in Africa. Urban centres are especially affected because of rapid urban growth, social inequalities, and limited health services. Official prevention efforts often align poorly with the ways commun(...)
Dengue, Local knowledge, Community engagement, Local disease categories, Health education
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Breaking the code of silence: Sexual violence and campus culture at Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly University, Burkina Faso
Tengueri Yacouba
Introduction: Gray literature on gender-based violence (GBV) in universities
shows that female students are the most vulnerable group. In our context, this
study examines the forms of GBV and the profiles of perpetrators at Daniel
Ouezzin Coulibaly University.
Methods: A mixed-methods approach was adopted. The questionnaire survey
involve(...)
gender-based violence, perpetrators and forms of violence, female students, university safety, Burkina Faso
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Représentations sociales et dualité de la valeur des Déchets d’Équipements Électriques et Électroniques (D3E) : Une analyse socio-anthropologique des pratiques de gestion à Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)
Minata ZAN, Blahima Konaté, Abdramane Berthé, Moussa BOUGOUMA, Patrice Toé
Cette étude, menée dans la ville de Bobo-Dioulasso, s'est attachée à appréhender les représentations sociales (RS) des acteurs impliqués dans la production et la gestion des Déchets d’Équipements Électriques et Électroniques (D3E). La prolifération des D3E au Burkina Faso est une réalité engendrée par la forte consommation d’Équipements Électr(...)
electrical and electronic waste, social representations, waste management practices, informal recycling, informal trade, precious metals, environmental and health risks, public policy, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
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Des plantations ivoiriennes aux forêts libériennes : dynamiques migratoires des Burkinabè, entre itinéraires, acteurs et réseaux
Yamba SIRI
La migration des Burkinabè en Afrique de l’Ouest est un phénomène ancien, notamment celle vers la
Côte d’Ivoire où elle a fortement contribué à l’économie de plantation et connaît actuellement une extension
spatiale vers de nouvelles zones agricoles. Aujourd’hui, cette migration présente de nouvelles dynamiques par
l’ouverture d’un « fro(...)
Migration, Acteurs, Réseaux, Libéria, Côte d’Ivoire.
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CONFLITS HYDRO-FONCIERS AUTOUR DE LA RIVIERE KOU ET PROCÉDURES DE RÉSOLUTION (RÉGION DES HAUTS-BASSINS, BURKINA FASO)
Yamba SIRI
Dans un contexte de forte pression anthropique et de changement climatique,
l’accès à l’eau et aux terres des berges de la rivière Kou connait une compétition
accrue entre divers usagers installés aux abords du cours d’eau. Privilégiant l’entrée
par le « local » avec une orientation qualitative, l’article analyse la dynamique des
confl(...)
Conflit, hydro-foncier, rivière Kou, Burkina Faso
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Assessment of Integrated Water Resources Management and Environmental Services for Water Users in the Massili Basin (Burkina Faso, West Africa)
YAMBA SIRI
Since the 1970s, the Sudano-Sahelian zone has been characterized by climate change, which has
intensified pressure on existing water resources and exacerbated water quality problems, water shortages,
famine, deforestation, and desertification. The chronic droughts recorded in the early 1970s led some
countries, such as Burkina Faso, to put(...)
Integrated Water Resources Management, environmental services, climate change, Burkina Faso, water governance, climate services