Title:
Intimate Partner Violence against Women Living with HIV in Indonesia: Causes and Effective Intervention
Authors:
Sebayang, Meirinda
Place:
Amsterdam
Publisher:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute [etc.]
Year:
2017
PAGE:
ix, 36
Language:
En
Subject:
Governance & HIV and AIDS
Keywords:
Intimate Partner Violence, Spousal abuse, Women Living with HIV, Low-middle income countries, Indonesia
Abstract:
Problem: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a public health concern. In Indonesia, no literature has been found to identify the causes of IPV against women living with HIV (WLHIV) and the effective interventions to overcome this situation. IPV against WLHIV has consequences such as depression and non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), which may weaken their immune system. Objectives and Method: This thesis identifies the causes of partner violence and the effective interventions to prevent IPV against WLHIV through literature review. The Wyrod and Jewkes framework was adapted and used as an analytical framework to organise the study. Data from low-middle income countries, particularly from Asia and sub-Sahara Africa was used to illustrate the findings. Findings: Knowledge gap and the vicious cycle of HIV which leads to impoverishment is the most specific cause of IPV against WLHIV beside gender inequalities and the culture of violence. Valuable interventions include: combining micro finance and participatory learning program on gender and domestic violence; community-based mobilisation which engages male and youth in addressing gender awareness; and decreasing trigger factor of IPV such as safer disclosure HIV status strategy and reducing harmful alcohol use program. Conclusions and Recommendations: HIV exacerbates women's vulnerability to IPV. Stigmatisation of HIV, gender roles, ignorance, the neglection of the state to protect women from violence, has positioned women as the appropriate target of violence from their partners. Strong political commitment, law enforcement, availability of resources and the appropriate strategies are efforts to be made to prevent and reduce IPV against WLHIV.
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute
,
VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Institute:
KIT (Royal Tropical Institute)
Country:
Indonesia
Region:
Southeast Asia
Training:
Master of Public Health
Category:
Research
Right:
@ 2017 Sebayang
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation
File:
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