title: Socially disempowered women as the key to addressing change in Malawi: how do they do it?
abstract: Malawi women are in the ironic juxtaposition of being socially disempowered while, at the same time, thought to hold the key to shaping an effective community response to the HIV crisis. Based on this juxtaposition, a descriptive, qualitative study was conducted in Malawi and the United States where 26 participants from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) discussed the roles of Malawi women. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed. We identified an improvement in women's economic status as the strongest factor in reducing gender inequities. Through providing stipends for rural Malawi women, one NGO created unintended changes in gender roles.
authors: Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Linda.MacIntyre@nursing.ucsf.edu
authors: Linda M
authors: LM
authors: Macintyre
authors: Sally
authors: S
authors: Rankin
authors: Howard
authors: H
authors: Pinderhughes
authors: Catherine M
authors: CM
authors: Waters
authors: Ellen
authors: E
authors: Schell
authors: Rachel
authors: R
authors: Fiedler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008295:Malawi; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013637:Tape Recording; D014481:United States; D014837:Voluntary Health Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration*