Girl-trafficking, HIV / AIDS, and the position of women in Nepal.

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  • Author(s): Poudel P; Carryer J
  • Source:
    Gender and development [Gend Dev] 2000 Jul; Vol. 8 (2), pp. 74-9.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Oxfam Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9889747 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1355-2074 (Print) Linking ISSN: 13552074 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Gend Dev
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Oxford, UK : Oxfam, c1995-
    • Subject Terms:
      Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome* ; Adolescent* ; HIV Infections* ; Women's Rights*; Age Factors ; Asia ; Behavior ; Child ; Demography ; Developing Countries ; Disease ; Economics ; Nepal ; Population ; Population Characteristics ; Sexual Behavior ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Virus Diseases
    • Abstract:
      This article focuses on trafficking of young Nepalese girls and women. Trafficking is an integral part of the social and economic fabric of Nepal, as in other parts of the world. The practice causes intolerable degradation and suffering for the girls and young women involved, who are treated as a commodity. It presents a risk to their physical and mental health, and in particular to their sexual health. The article examines the connections between coercive sex work and HIV infection, and community and government responses to HIV infection among trafficked sex workers. In particular, it considers the current AIDS prevention and control program in Nepal, and criticizes it from the feminist perspective of the authors, who are a Nepalese nurse who has undertaken academic work in New Zealand related to women's health, and a New Zealand feminist academic, who is also a nurse.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Indexing Agency: PIP Local ID #: 151622. Indexing Agency: POP Local ID #: 00296551.
      Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention and control*; Adolescents; Adolescents, Female*; Age Factors; Asia; Behavior; Child; Child, Female*; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Economic Factors; Hiv Infections--prevention and control*; Nepal; Population; Population Characteristics; Prostitutes*; Sex Behavior; Socioeconomic Factors; Southern Asia; Viral Diseases; Women's Status*; Youth
      Note: TJ: GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20020926 Date Completed: 20001101 Latest Revision: 20191027
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/741923626
    • Accession Number:
      12296154