Gender, violence and HIV: women's survival in the streets

In this article I propose that genderinequality promotes – directly or indirectly –vulnerability to HIV as a consequence of amultidimensional violence (structural, symbolicand physical) experienced by injection drugusing (IDU) women in The Mission District (SanFrancisco). Given the female subordinat...

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Autor principal: Epele, María Esther
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2002
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Ciencias Sociales
Gender inequality
HIV risk
IDU women
Violence
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/137239
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Gender inequality
HIV risk
IDU women
Violence
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HIV risk
IDU women
Violence
Epele, María Esther
Gender, violence and HIV: women's survival in the streets
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Gender inequality
HIV risk
IDU women
Violence
description In this article I propose that genderinequality promotes – directly or indirectly –vulnerability to HIV as a consequence of amultidimensional violence (structural, symbolicand physical) experienced by injection drugusing (IDU) women in The Mission District (SanFrancisco). Given the female subordinated positionstipulated by the street ideology, I analyzehow drug dependence afforded by precariousstrategies of subsistence places IDU womenunder multiple dangers and threats. In thissetting, unequal gender relations are part of acomplex system of transactions in the streeteconomy and a way to reduce or increase theeveryday violence. Facing multiple dangers andrisks, some women adopt a subordinatedposition, some try to negotiate the conditionsof the exchanges and the others resist theexploitation. Finally, everyday violence under conditions ofgender inequality and scarcity of resourcesimposes a logic defined by the challenge ofsurvival under the threat of immediate dangers,which transform HIV into a secondary risk.
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