Speaking on how to reduce HIV infections recently, Senator Morgan Femai (MDC-T) remarked: “What I propose is that government should come up with a law that compels women to have their heads shaven like the apostolic sects do. They should also not bath because that is what causes all the problems. Women have got more moisture in their organs as compared to men, so there is need to research on how to deal with that moisture because it is conducive for bacteria breeding.”
This implied that women were spreading HIV to men because of their biological make-up, but this is not a fact, according to Tendai Westerhof, the Director of the Public Personalities against AIDS Trust. “This (men’s attitude and views) is how stigma and discrimination against HIV has permeated our society. We are therefore calling on the political leadership to fight this phenomenon as we celebrate the launch of the HIV stigma index,” Westerhof said in Mhondoro recently.
She added that the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare should compel clinics and hospitals to scrap maternity fees as the majority of the women are poor and cannot afford them.
Angelina Chiwetani, who has lived with HIV for more than 15 years and is a member of the Zimbabwe Network of People Living with HIV, urged society not to tolerate stigma and attacked traditional customs that foster the discrimination of women.
She revealed that her organization would soon hold a workshop aimed at reducing violence, stigma and discrimination against women, whose theme will be “Linking culture with gender based violence – giving voices to the women”.
Tariro Chikwanha, who also shares the same experiences and condition as Chiwetani, narrated her ordeal at the hands of a biased society. She tested HIV positive in 1997 and her husband, who had become critically ill, died of Aids three years later.
“When my husband died, everyone including my brothers, sisters and friends deserted me. People called me names and some even went to the extent of labelling me a witch and I faced many difficulties looking after our children alone,’’ she said at a recent seminar to launch the HIV stigma index in Mhondoro.
She urged society to view children living with HIV positively ‘‘because some of these children were born HIV positive’’.According to Unicef, the majority of Zimbabwean women in the 15 to 49 age group have experienced sexual violence at one time. However, most of the cases go unreported because of the perception that women who do so are socially unacceptable.
Women living with HIV and Aids hope that stakeholders will fight to end stigma and discrimination of women and children living with HIV as a way of achieving social, political and economic growth.
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