Socially Disempowered Women as the Key to Addressing Change in Malawi
How Do They Do It
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15218558 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda M Macintyre (University of California, San Francisco, corresponding author), Sally H Rankin (University of California, San Francisco), Sally Rankin, Howard Pinderhughes (University of California, San Francisco), Catherine M Waters, Catherine Waters (0009-0009-0981-4135, Unity Health System), Ellen Schell (Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance), Rachel NyaGondwe Fiedler (0009-0009-9683-9911, Mzuzu University), Rachel Fiedler |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 103-121 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Care For Women International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07399332.2011.630116 |
| PMID | 23311905 |
| OpenAlex | W2157040472 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 12 |
Malawi women are in the ironic juxtaposition of being socially disempowered while, at the same time, thought to hold the key to shaping an effective community response to the HIV crisis. Based on this juxtaposition, a descriptive, qualitative study was conducted in Malawi and the United States where 26 participants from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) discussed the roles of Malawi women. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed. We identified an improvement in women's economic status as the strongest factor in reducing gender inequities. Through providing stipends for rural Malawi women, one NGO created unintended changes in gender roles
Economic growth · Economics · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Key (lock · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Unintended consequences · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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| Citations per year | 0.38 |
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2021 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |