Sexual violence and women's vulnerability to HIV transmission in Malawi: A rights issue

International Social Science Journal

Volumn , Issue 186, 2005, Pages 649-660

  Kathewera Banda, Maggie ^a   Gomile Chidyaonga, Flossie ^a   Hendriks, Sarah ^a   Kachika, Tinyade ^a   Mitole, Zunzo ^a   White, Seodi ^a  

^a Women and the Law in Southern Africa Research and Education Trust   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND DISEASE;

EID: 33644917442     PISSN: 00208701     EISSN: 14682451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2451.2005.00582.x     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Brown-Peterside, P., Ren, L., Chiasson, M. A., and Koblin, B. 2002. "Double-trouble: Violent and non-violent traumas among women at sexual risk of HIV infection", Women and Health, 36(3), 51-64.
2. Carmel, S. 1999. "Rights to sexual and reproductive health: The ICPD and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women", In: Mann, J. M., ed., Health and Human Rights: A Reader. New York: Routledge.
3. Centre For The Study Of Violence And Reconciliation (Csvr), 2001. Reviewing the links between HIV/AIDS and violence against women. Johannesburg: CSVR.
4. Connell, R. W. 1995. Masculinities. Oxford: Oxford Polity Press.
5. Cornwall, A. 2000. " Missing men? Reflections on men, masculinities and gender in GAD ", Institute for Development Studies Bulletin, 31 (2), 18-27.
6. Government Of Malawi (Gom), 2002. National reproductive health policy. Lilongwe: GOM.
7. Government Of Malawi (Gom), 2003. National HIV/AIDS policy: A call for renewed action. Lilongwe: GOM.
8. Gordon, P., and Crehan, K. 2003. Dying of sadness: Gender, sexual violence and the HIV epidemic. Available from: http://www.genderandaids.org [21 Nov 2005].
9. Gupta, R. 2000. Gender, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS: The What, the Why and the How. Available from: http://www.icrw.org/docs/ durban_hivaids_speech700.pdf [21 Nov 2005].
10. Gupta, R., and Weiss, E. 1998. Bridging the gap: Addressing gender and sexuality in HIV prevention. Washington, DC: International Centre for Research on Women.
11. Human Rights Watch, 2003a. Just die quietly: Domestic violence and women's vulnerability to HIV in Uganda. New York: Human Rights Watch.
12. Human Rights Watch, 2003b. Policy paralysis: A call for action on HIV/ AIDS-related human rights abuses against women and girls in Africa. New York: Human Rights Watch.
13. Human Rights Watch, 2004. Deadly delay: South Africa's efforts to prevent HIV in survivors of sexual violence. New York: Human Rights Watch.
14. International Women's Health Coalition, 2004. Women and HIV/AIDS: Selected Facts. Available from: http://www.iwhc.org [20 March 2005].
15. Kistner, U. 2003. Gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: A literature review. Johannesburg: Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE).
16. Larkin, J. 2000. "Women poverty and HIV infection", Canadian Woman Studies, 20 (9), 137-141.
17. Maman, S. et al. 2001. HIV and partner violence: Implications for HIV voluntary counselling and testing programmes in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Research Report). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: The Population Council.
18. National Aids Commission (Nac), 2004. National HIV/AIDS Research Dissemination Conference. Lilongwe, Malawi: NAC.
19. UNAIDS, 2004a. Women and HIV/AIDS: Confronting the crisis. New York: UNAIDS/UNFPA/UNIFEM.
20. UNAIDS, 2004b. Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic: 4 th Global Report. Geneva: UNAIDS, (UNAIDS/0416E).
21. World Health Organization (Who), 2001. Setting the research agenda on violence against women and HIV/AIDS. Geneva: WHO. WHO/FCH/GWH/01.08.
22. World Health Organization (Who), 2002. World report on violence and health. Geneva: WHO.