1. THE ROLE OF GENDER IN THE SPREAD OF HIV- AIDS IN PAKISTAN
Dr. Saman Yazdani Khan
11/10/2018

2. PAKISTANI
WOMEN

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

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

5. RENDERS HER MORE VULNERABLE THAN MEN IN CONTRACTING HIV AIDS
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. Lacked decision-making power
Few of the women had heard about AIDS and that mostly from electronic media
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