The lie has been presented as a performance that protects identities against moral judgement in the context of power imbalances. Within doctor-patient interactions, lies can reinforce but also challenge power relations:
By not fully disclosing diagnoses or side effects, medical practitioners exert their authority, but there is scope, too, for the patient’s resistance: the patient can remain silent or lie.
Age-disparate sex and HIV risk for young women from 2002 to 2012 in South Africa
Age-disparate sex has long been considered a factor that increases HIV risk for young women in South Africa. However, recent studies from specific regions in South Africa have found conflicting evidence. Few studies have assessed the association between age-disparate partnerships (those involving an age gap of 5 years or more) and HIV risk at the national level.
Maisha: Microfinance and gender training to reduce violence against women
Available in English and Swahili, this brochure outlines Maisha, an intervention study to reduce intimate partner violence and HIV risk.
PrEP to reduce young women's HIV risk
This five minute video explains how anti-retroviral drugs work to prevent HIV infection.
Adolescent girls and young women are highly vulnerable to HIV infection and in sub-Saharan Africa they present the most urgent challenge. Adolescence is a period of rapid physical, mental and social growth, during which many have limited access to reproductive and sexual health services. Structural factors - poverty, gender inequality, limited economic options and low social power - all contribute to this load.
How does VAW affect HIV risk? Launching Greentree II
Lori Heise gave the following presentation at the launch of the Greentree II report, held at the London School School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine on Friday 25 November 2016. It was the first in a series of seminars organised by the Gender, Vi
Social norms talking points
Donors and practitioners are increasingly interested in harnessing insights from social norms theory to catalyse change around gender inequity and harmful gender related practices. However, little guidance is available to help practitioners integrate simple norms measures and change strategies within field-based programming.
To address this gap the Gender, Violence and Health Centre at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has launched a learning and reflection group on social norms and gender-based violence.
The group mission is:
STOPAIDS factsheet: Adolescents and young people and HIV
An estimated 3.9 million young people (15-24) are living with HIV and the rate of new infections is increasing. STOPAIDS has launched a factsheet with good practice guidance on how we can tailor programmes to meet young people’s needs. The factsheet takes a life course approach and looks at how biological, behavioural, social and structural factors influence HIV outcomes.
Client-perpetrated and husband-perpetrated violence among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: HIV/STI risk across personal and work contexts
This study examines personal and work based violence and its relation to HIV risk factors among female sex workers in Andrha Pradesh, India.
To varying degrees women who experienced client or husband violence were:
Potential impact of pre-exposure prophylaxis for female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Bangalore, India: a mathematical modelling study
In Bangalore, new HIV infections of female sex workers and men who have sex with men continue to occur, despite high condom use. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has high anti-HIV efficacy for men who have sex with men. PrEP demonstration projects are underway amongst Indian female sex workers. This research estimated the impact and efficiency of prioritising PrEP to female sex workers and/or men who have sex with men in Bangalore using a mathematical modelling method.
The results show that:
Revisiting What Works: Women, Economic Empowerment and Smart Design
Expanding women’s economic opportunities benefits both women and society. Women’s choices widen and societies gain from the contribution that women’s income makes to economic growth and family wellbeing. These benefits are increasingly well-understood, but much less is known regarding the most effective interventions to empower women economically.