Talk about it
What can you do to stop or discourage the men in your lives and in your community from physically abusing their partners? Would the strategy that was used by the characters in “A Tempestade” work in your community?
Share your views by leaving a comment at the end of this post.
Download Men, Women & HIV and AIDS
This 40-page booklet will help you to understand how gender and HIV are related, and how men and women can work together to spread gender discrimination.
The contents of the booklet include:
- What is gender?
- What is gender equality?
- Gender roles and relationships
- Gender roles and the community
- Gender and HIV and AIDS
- Forced sex
- Talking about forced sex and infection
- Cultural pressures
- Financial dependence
- Caring for the sick
- Men supporting women
- Human rights
- Gender and law
- HIV and AIDS – the facts
- Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)
The booklet was published by Phela Health and Development Communication in Lesotho.
