Inter-linkages between culture, gender-based violence, HIV and AIDS and women's rights

Inter-linkages between culture, gender-based violence, HIV and AIDS and women's rights training manual

Written by SAfAIDS | 01 January 09

34
Tweet

This training manual explores the theory that culture is central to the forces that trigger gender-based violence, leading to the violation of women's rights and subsequently to the spread of HIV. Since culturally, women are viewed as 'objects', Southern Africa has witnessed an increase in gender-based violence (GBV), and the violation of women's rights which have resulted in growing cases of HIV infection. Of concern, however, is that many people are ignorant of the link between these problems and culture.This training manual seeks to make development agents aware that there is not much hat can be achieved in the response to HIV and AIDS if society does not deal with the root cause of the problem - CULTURE

Files to download:

More information about this resource:

ISBN	9780797436336
Publisher	SAfAIDS
Year of publication	March 2009
Physical Resource	Y
Physical Location	GMDC Resource Centre
Place of Publication	Pretoria
Classification No	TRAINING MATERIAL