The legacy of gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS in the postgenocide era: Stories from women in Rwanda.
Drawing on qualitative interviews with 22 Rwandan women, we describe the lived experiences of women survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) more than a decade and a half after the 1994 Genocide. We argue that the intersection between GBV and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has long-term implications: the majority of women interviewed continue to endure trauma, stigma, social isolation, and economic hardship in the postgenocide era and are in need of expanded economic and mental health support. Our findings have implications for the importance of providing integrated psychosocial support to survivors of GBV postconflict contexts.
a Teachers College, Columbia University , New York , New York , USA.
Susan Garnett
SG
Russell
b CalOptima , Los Angeles , California , USA.
Sanaya
S
Lim
c Graduate School of Education, Stanford University , Stanford , California , USA.
Paul
P
Kim
d Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , Maryland , USA.
Sophie
S
Morse
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D063365:Genocide / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000635:transmission; D006708:Homicide / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D000067656:Optimism; D015995:Prevalence; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology*; D012432:Rwanda / Q000453:epidemiology; D063507:Sexism / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D057545:Social Stigma; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence