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Gender-Based Violence and HIV

Gender-Based Violence and HIV. The Season for Change Advent Study Week Four. Reflection on Putting Faith into Action. What “challenge” did you take on after last week’s study? Feel free to share … Thoughts Concerns Challenges Triumphs. Gender-Based Violence.

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Gender-Based Violence and HIV

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  1. Gender-Based Violenceand HIV The Season for Change Advent Study Week Four

  2. Reflection on Putting Faith into Action • What “challenge” did you take on after last week’s study? • Feel free to share … • Thoughts • Concerns • Challenges • Triumphs

  3. Gender-Based Violence • 1 in every 3 women has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused during her lifetime. • Globally, domestic violence = leading cause of injury to women • Usually the abuser is a member of her own family.

  4. Gender-Based Violence • Every 9 seconds in the U.S. a woman is assaulted or beaten. • 30% of women murdered in the United States are murdered by their husbands, ex-husbands or boyfriends. • Domestic violence victims lose ~8 million days of paid work per year in the U.S. • In many nations, 20-44% of men admit to using violence towards wives/intimate partners. • Globally ~10 million children witness domestic violence annually • Men who as children witnessed their parents’ domestic violence = 2X as likely to abuse their own wives

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  6. HIV and Gender-Based Violence • 12% of HIV/AIDS infections among women in romantic relationships  intimate partner violence. • Prevalence of intimate partner violence among women at risk for HIV may be as high as 67%. • In developing countries, 1 in 3 women cannot refuse sex with their partners • 41% of women are unable to ask partner to use a condom • Women who experience intimate partner violence are >3X more likely to have a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS

  7. HIV and Gender-Based Violence • Violent/coerced sex increases women’s risk for HIV through physical trauma. • Violence and threats of violence • Limit negotiating power for safer sex • Limit ability to leave/end a relationship • Disclosure of HIV status to a partner could result in increased violence (emotional, physical, sexual, and/or economic)

  8. Why Does Gender-Based Violence Exist?

  9. Why Does Gender-Based Violence Exist? • Societal definitions of masculinity • Strict gender roles • Male = Dominant • Female = Submissive • Cultural practices that perpetuate gender inequality, whether they do so intentionally or unintentionally

  10. Why Should We Care? • About people infected with HIV/AIDS? • About Gender-Based Violence?

  11. Advent Reflection & Resources • Visit gbcsumc.info/HIV-Advent to download handouts and additional material. • For additional information, visit the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund websitewww.umcor.org/UMCOR/Programs/Global-Health/HIV-AIDS

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