Gender, power and intimate relationships over the life course among Ethiopian female peer educators living with HIV

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15098592
AutoresSophia Ahmed Hussen (0000-0002-5726-1637, Emory University, autor de correspondencia), Meron Gurji Argaw (All Africa Leprosy Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre), Mulugeta Tsegaye (All Africa Leprosy Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre), Karen L Andes (Emory University), Danielle Gilliard (Emory University), Carlos Del Rio (0000-0002-0153-3517, Emory University)
Año2019
Volumen21
Número4
Páginas447-461
Fecha de publicación2019-04-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2018.1487999
PMID29993350
OpenAlexW2816262522
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas18

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

Developmental psychology · Family medicine · Geography · Inequality · Life course approach · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology