The invisible intersectionality of female gender in Thailand’s response to the HIV epidemic

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15098487
AutoresSuchada Thaweesit (0000-0003-4804-9316, Mahidol University, autor de correspondencia), Rosalia Sciortino (0000-0002-8510-3150, Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR), Mahidol University, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand)
Año2020
Volumen22
Número7
Páginas762-777
Fecha de publicación2020-07-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2020.1751881
PMID32463325
OpenAlexW3031221603
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas21

This article uses feminist perspectives to analyse Thailand's response to the HIV epidemic from its inception in 1984 until today. In particular, it applies the WHO Gender Responsiveness Assessment Scale to explain how and to what degree gender considerations have been integrated into successive HIV policies and programmes. Findings show that, from 1984 to 1996, HIV prevention policies were generally insensitive to gender and only started to pay limited attention to women's needs between 1997 and 2011. Gender sensitivity increased in the 2012-2019 period, but the focus then was more on 'men who have sex with men' and the transgender communities than on women. In general, Thailand's HIV responses has overlooked gender power relations and the adverse effects of the intersection between women's gender and their other disadvantaged social statuses

Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Family medicine · Gender inequality · Geography · Inequality · Intersectionality · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues