AIDS 2010 - Vienna 18-23 July 2010 - XVIII International AIDS Conference

Ensuring Safety, Security and Autonomy: Why We Must Overcome Gender Based Violence	WEAD02

Type:

Oral Abstract Session

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Location:

SR 9

Schedule:

14:30 - 16:00, 21.07.2010

Code:

WEAD02

Chairs:

Neelanjana Mukhia, South Africa
Alice Welbourn, United Kingdom

Presentations in this session:

14:30
WEAD0201
Slides with audio Introduction
Presented by Neelanjana Mukhia, South Africa

14:35
WEAD0202
Abstract
Slides with audio Preventing HIV by preventing violence: global prevalence of intimate partner violence and childhood sexual abuse
Presented by Charlotte Watts, United Kingdom
K. Devries¹, L. Bacchus¹, J. Mak¹, J. Child¹, G. Falder¹, C. Pallitto², C. Garcia-Moreno², C. Watts¹
¹London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Gender, Violence and Health Centre, London, United Kingdom, ²WHO, Reproductive Health, Geneva, Switzerland

14:50
WEAD0203
Abstract
Slides with audio The language of love: Tanzanian women define intimacy, sexuality and violence in the 21st century
Presented by Michaela Leslie-Rule, Tanzania, United Republic of
M. Leslie-Rule
EngenderHealth, CHAMPION Project, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of

15:05
WEAD0204
Abstract
Slides with audio Childhood sexual abuse, gay-related victimization, HIV infection and syndemic productions among men who have sex with men (MSM): findings from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)
Presented by Sin How Lim, United States
S.H. Lim¹, A. Herrick¹, T. Guadamuz¹, U. Kao², M. Plankey³, D. Ostrow⁴, S. Shoptaw⁵, R. Stall¹
¹University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, United States, ²University of California at Los Angeles, Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services, Los Angeles, United States, ³Georgetown University Medical Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington, D.C., United States, ⁴University of Chicago, Chicago, United States, ⁵University of California at Los Angeles, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, United States

15:20
WEAD0205
Abstract
Slides with audio A global examination violence in the lives of female injection drug users
Presented by Anna Roberts, Australia
A. Roberts, B. Mathers, L. Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Medicine, Sydney, Australia

15:35
WEAD0206
Abstract
Slides with audio Addressing gender-based violence and the reproductive health needs of women living with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam: an evaluation of interventions to improve health and social services
Presented by Lisa Messersmith, United States
L. Messersmith¹, L. Sabin¹, L.A. Tran², N.T. Nguyen³, M.H. Dao², K. Eifler⁴, K. Semrau¹
¹Boston University School of Public Health, International Health, Boston, United States, ²Center for Community Health and Development, Hanoi, Viet Nam, ³Life Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, ⁴John Snow International, Boston, United States

15:50
WEAD0207
Slides with audio Concluding remarks
Presented by Alice Welbourn, United Kingdom

Rapporteur reports

Youth report by Wirastra Yogie PAMUNGKAS

A key findings from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, conducted by Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburg were presented. In MSM, childhood sexual abuse, sexual violence, gay-related victimization, syndemic production among MSM and social shaming in early life are associated with psychosocial health problems in later life.

Some of discussion brough up in this session were: Gay-related victimization is common in young gay men. Whereas childhood sexual abuse and sense of masculinity-failure result in sexual compulsivity wich will possibly lead to substance use such as poppers, crack cocaine, methamphetamines, ecstasy, and binge drinking

The speaker, Sin How Lim says that early sense of masculinity failure driving young people into depression. Violence and discrimination also occur in young gay, this result in internalization of young msm and also shame.

It was also stated by Lim that gender based violence were not just occur in woman, it does happen among man who have sex with men.

This research was done between 2007-2008, with the number or analytic sample being 1086 MSM living in Baltimore/Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh.

One of the recommendation being made were to invest in provision of high quality GBV (Gender Based Violance) services including inclusion of GBV screening in all health and social services and provision of crisis intervention. [wpa]

-Wirastra Yogie PAMUNGKAS

Track D report by Wendy KNERR

This session found clear and consistent links between violence and a host of health risks – most notably HIV. The mechanisms and pathways of effect are complex, but often start in childhood, where violence, abuse and negative experiences cumulatively feed into later life behaviour.