Revisiting the dynamics of early childbearing in South African townships. Teenage pregnancy and the construction of adolescence: Scientific literature in South Africa. Contradicting maternity: HIV-positive motherhood in South Africa. Sasheenie is currently a medical student at the University of Virginia. This research explores what life is like - during and after teenage pregnancy – through the lens of HIV. Sasheenie Moodley MPH was born and grew up in South Africa and pursued her PhD at the University of Oxford, where she works with pregnant teenagers and teenage mothers in Botshabelo, South Africa. She explains dynamics of familial expectation and young mothers being "hidden away," how one reveals HIV or pregnancy status, dreams of future success, and her experience doing research as an insider-outsider. Sasheenie Moodley discusses the complexities of teenage motherhood, HIV, family dynamics, and navigating poverty in the townships of her native South Africa.
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