Gender-based violence and HIV across the life course

It is widely known that older women are at lesser risk for sexual violence than younger women, but current inattention to older women in the gender-based violence (GBV) field has minimized the experiences of older women survivors at great detriment to their health and rights. For example, health providers seldom ask older women about their sexual activity and relationships, a neglect that leads to older women being excluded from necessary HIV testing and care as well as support services for abuse. This oversight is increasingly worrisome given the rise in new HIV infections among adults age 50 and older in recent years, with the majority of transmissions stemming from individuals unaware of their HIV-positive status. Building on sexual rights scholarship, this paper argues for an approach to public health interventions for GBV and HIV that acknowledges older women--their sexuality, sexual agency, and activity-- so that health providers and advocates acknowledge and serve older survivors

Domestic violence · Environmental health · Health care · Human sexuality · Life course approach · Neglect · Poison control · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Reproductive health · Reproductive rights · Sexual violence · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexual function and dysfunction studies · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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