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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa
Sahara J, Volume 3, No. 3, Year 2006
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Description
The links between gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS risk are complex and culturally specific. In this qualitative study we investigated how women and men in two black communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, constructed their gender identities and roles, how they understood gender-based violence, and what they believed about the links between gender relations and HIV risk. First we conducted 16 key informant interviews with members of relevant stakeholder organisations.Then we held eight focus group discussions with community members in single-sex groups. Key findings included the perception that although traditional gender roles were still very much in evidence, shifts in power between men and women were occurring. Also, genderbased violence was regarded as a major problem throughout communities, and was seen to be fuelled by unemployment, poverty and alcohol abuse. HIV/AIDS was regarded as particularly a problem of African communities, with strong themes of stigma, discrimination, and especially ‘othering’ evident. Developing effective HIV/AIDS interventions in these communities will require tackling the overlapping as well as divergent constructions of gender, gender violence and HIV which emerged in the study. © 2006 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Strebel, Anna
South Africa, Cape Town
Social Aspects of Alcohol Committee
Cloete, Allanise
South Africa, Cape Town
Social Aspects of Alcohol Committee
Dwadwa-Henda, Nomvo
South Africa, Cape Town
Social Aspects of Alcohol Committee
Crawford, Mary
United States, Storrs
University of Connecticut
Kalichman, Seth
United States, Storrs
University of Connecticut
Shefer, Tamara
South Africa, Bellville
University of the Western Cape
Kaufman, Michelle R.
United States, Storrs
University of Connecticut
Simbayi, Leickness Chisamu
South Africa
Social Aspects of Hiv/aids and Health Research Programme
Magome, K.
South Africa, Pretoria
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
Statistics
Citations: 188
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/17290376.2006.9724879
ISSN:
17290376
e-ISSN:
18134424
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Substance Abuse
Study Approach
Qualitative
Study Locations
South Africa
Participants Gender
Male
Female