Gender, power and intimate relationships over the life course among Ethiopian female peer educators living with HIV.
Cult Health Sex
; 21(4): 447-461, 2019 04.
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| ID: mdl-29993350
ABSTRACT
Historically, Ethiopian women have faced numerous challenges to gender equity at the individual, relational and community levels; such inequalities can lead to increased risk of HIV acquisition. Over the past two decades, some progress has been made towards changing policies and norms to reduce gender inequality. We sought to understand the ways in which marriage and other romantic/sexual relationships of a group of Ethiopian women living with HIV had been impacted by gender norms, relational power dynamics and HIV status over the life course. We conducted in-depth interviews with 19 women living with HIV who were working as peer educators at a large clinic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Reflecting on their early lives, participants often described traumatic prior relationships characterised by rape, forced marriage and HIV nondisclosure. In the aftermath of being diagnosed with HIV, participants' more recent relationships embodied a more egalitarian dynamic characterised by mutual support for HIV care engagement and open communication. Participants' narratives illustrate encouraging examples of ways in which HIV-positive women can form and maintain equitable and satisfying personal relationships even in the context of obstacles at multiple levels.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Grupo Associado
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Fatores Socioeconômicos
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Infecções por HIV
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Conselheiros
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Identidade de Gênero
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Relações Interpessoais
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cult Health Sex
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos