HIV/Aids and women: African and South African perspectives

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Title:	HIV/Aids and women: African and South African perspectives
Editor:	Kasiram, M.I.
Year:	2013
Periodical:	Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Volume:	12
Issue:	1
Pages:	62-79
Language:	English
Geographic terms:	Africa South Africa
Subjects:	women AIDS
External link:	https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC141616
Abstract:	HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa is a dynamic subject that has attracted ongoing research interest, support and services. Through a systematic literature review, using an African frame of reference, this article analyses the effect of the pandemic on women as a vulnerable group, critically reviews service provision and education and offers suggestions for future research. Two theoretical frameworks guide the analysis: the systems framework to highlight the inter-relationship of the multiple factors exacerbating women's vulnerability to HIV and the social constructionist framework to appreciate how socially constructed realities shape (women's) lives. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]