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

dc.creatorEpele, María Esther
dc.date2002
dc.date2022-06-02T14:54:06Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-15T05:01:15Z
dc.date.available2023-07-15T05:01:15Z
dc.identifierhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/137239
dc.identifierissn:0165-005X
dc.identifierissn:1573-076X
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7471780
dc.descriptionIn 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.
dc.descriptionFacultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
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dc.format33-54
dc.languageen
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
dc.subjectCiencias Sociales
dc.subjectGender inequality
dc.subjectHIV risk
dc.subjectIDU women
dc.subjectViolence
dc.titleGender, violence and HIV: women's survival in the streets
dc.typeArticulo
dc.typeArticulo


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