Mulheres e suas estratégias de sobrevivência adoptadas pelas mulheres seroposetivas- estudo de caso a partir da Associação de Apoio Psicossocial Vangano va Infulene

Abstract

This report is a case study in which an analysis of the strategies for adopted by the women of the association Vanghano va Infulene and have as their starting question: What survival strategies do the women of the Vanghano association va Infulene adopt to face stigma and discrimination due to their condition Literary data show that stigma is characterized by silence, fear, discrimination and refusal to recognize their status of HIV prevalence by raising the spread of HIV and AIDS. This situation stems from the fact that discrimination and stigma inhibit prevention, care and assistance, increasing the impact of epidemic on individuals, families, communities and countries. The data collected by the present research show that given the situation of stigma, rejection and lack of support family, stigmatized individuals adopt behaviors that are characterized by omission of their status and tend to join others who are in the same situation forming solidarity networks. In operational terms in these solidarity networks values ​​prevail as a spirit of mutual help in which moral and material support is provided through loans of monetary values ​​as well as the practice of shit, which serves as a support in unexpected situations such as illness and death. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)