HIV/AIDS and the role of gender inequality and violence in South African Law

• Main Author: Mswela, Mphoeng Maureen
• Other Authors: Slabbert, M.N. (Dr.)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: HIV/AIDS; Gender violence; Intimate relationships; Female genital mutilation; 342.878068; Women's rights > South Africa; Sex discrimination against women > Law and legislation > South Africa; Women > Violence against > South Africa; HIV infections > South Africa; AIDS (Disease) > South Africa; Constitutional law > South Africa
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3063

South Africa has not escaped the rising prevalence and severe impact of HIV/AIDS in relation women. From an economic and social vantage point, the HIV/AIDS epidemic hits women the hardest, with underprivileged black women the most susceptible to the virus. The theoretical framework of this research focuses on the intersection between HIV/AIDS, gender inequality and gender violence, and more specifically, on certain cultural practices and customs that contribute towards and exacerbate women’s subordination and inequality, which in turn, increase women’s exposure to become infected with HIV. Relevant to this focus is inevitably an investigation of perceived threats to specific fundamental human rights as a result of some entrenched practices that continue to reinforce women’s subordinate position in society, aggravated by the high incidence of gender violence. === Constitutional, International & Indigenous Law === LL.M.