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THE ROLE OF GENDER IN THE SPREAD OF HIV- AIDS IN PAKISTAN

THE ROLE OF GENDER IN THE SPREAD OF HIV- AIDS IN PAKISTAN. Dr. Saman Yazdani Khan. PAKISTANI WOMEN. PAKISTAN HDI Ranking 138. Life expectancy at birth (years), 2000  - 60.0   Adult literacy rate (% age 15 and above), 2000  - 43.2  

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THE ROLE OF GENDER IN THE SPREAD OF HIV- AIDS IN PAKISTAN

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  1. THE ROLE OF GENDER IN THE SPREAD OF HIV- AIDS IN PAKISTAN Dr. Saman Yazdani Khan

  2. PAKISTANI WOMEN

  3. PAKISTAN HDI Ranking 138 Life expectancy at birth (years), 2000  - 60.0   Adult literacy rate (% age 15 and above), 2000  - 43.2   Total population (millions), 2000 - 141.3   GDP per capita (PPP$), 2000 - 1,928   Life expectancy index, 2000 - 0.58   Education index, 2000 - 0.42   Contraceptive prevalence (%), 1995-2000 - 24   Births attended by skilled health staff (%), 1995-2000 - 20   Human development index (HDI) value, 2000 - 0.499  

  4. PAKISTANHAS GENDER AS ONE OF THE ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES OF SOCIETY MAJORITY OF THE WOMEN REMAIN AT A DISADVANTAGE IN EVERY SPHERE OF LIFE

  5. THE LOWER STATUS OF THE AVERAGE PAKSITANI WOMAN RENDERS HER MORE VULNERABLE THAN MEN IN CONTRACTING HIV AIDS

  6. DATA COLLECTION Lahore and Peshawar

  7. METHODOLOGY STAKEHOLDERS 7

  8. TARGET GROUPS Street youth Commercial sex workers Rural and urban women Refugees (male/female)Prisoners (male/female) Migrants (male/female) People living with HIV/AIDS (male/female), and drug addicts

  9. SPECIFIC FINDINGS OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF WOMEN

  10. COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS They had very little negotiating power with their clients with respect to the use of any protective measures against HIV/AIDS

  11. URBAN WOMEN • Included Low income, sanitary workers and minstrels (mirasis) • Too many children • Information sharing – limited • Correct and timely health education • Darul aman women – Men’s attitude

  12. RURAL WOMEN REFUGEE WOMEN WOMEN PRISONERS MIGRANTS PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS - (PLWHA)

  13. SOCIAL/CULTURAL FACTORS IN VULNERABILITY

  14. CSWs Madam Pimp Patron of the work place The Police Her dependents THESE ACTORS AFFECT CSWs LIFE CONDOM USE

  15. URBAN AND RURAL WOMEN IF A MAN GOES AFTER A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, SO WHAT THIS IS HIS RIGHT

  16. WHERE DO OUR MEN GO, WE DO NOT KNOW

  17. WE CANNOT KEEP AN EYE ON OUE MEN MEN ARE LIKE THE SNAKE IN THE GRASS

  18. Powerlessness Inhibitions to talk freely about sex with their husbands They knew about the sexual activities of their husbands outside home ??? Rural women Low self-esteem

  19. Few of the women had heard about AIDS and that mostly from electronic media Lacked decision-making power If they had ever used a condom, it was only for family planning purpose

  20. REFUGEES Non-permissive sexual relations death Men did indulge in such activities but women were helpless to restrain them made their wives vulnerable to STIs/HIV

  21. Men have physical relationships with other What can we do

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