Abstract
In this critical ethnography, 72 HIV-infected women in Southern Malawi participated in 12 focus groups discussing the impact of HIV and violence. Our analysis, informed by a postcolonial feminist perspective, revealed women's capacity to collectively engage in safety planning. We present our findings about women's experiences based on narratives detailing how women collectively strategized safety planning efforts to mitigate the impact of violence. This study helps to fill a gap in the literature on the intersection between HIV and violence in women's lives. Strategies discussed by the women could form a basis for safety planning interventions for women in similar circumstances.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1331-1349 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Violence Against Women |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: We would like to acknowledge funding from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Research Growth Initiative (RGI) Award 3 and the University of Wisconsin Institute on Race and Ethnicity that made this study and the writing of this article possible.
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 5 Gender Equality
Keywords
- Africa
- HIV/AIDS
- Malawi
- postcolonial feminism
- safety planning
- violence
- women
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