ICWEA will during the 16 days of activism share findings of a study titled “Violations of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of women living with HIV in clinical and community settings in Uganda”. During this period, we will also propose recommendations on how to end these violations.
The study took place in 2014, in nine districts of Uganda; Arua, Gulu, Hoima, Kabale, Kampala, Masaka, Mbale, Mbarara and Soroti.
It involved a field survey targeting 744 women living with HIV, 32 focus group discussions with 274 participants (14 male and 18 female groups), 20 interviews with women who experienced coerced or forced sterilization, 63 interviews with key informants (NGO representatives, health workers, government officials).
The survey respondents were women living with HIV, aged 15-49 years, who had ever used any form of family planning method. The majority of the women had a partner (58%). Their education level was relatively low; 11% didn’t go to school and 54% of the women attended primary school only. The main occupation was farming (34%) and retail business (23%). Most women were selected from rural areas (39%), followed by small towns (32%) and urban areas (29%). The focus group discussions were held with women living with HIV and men living with HIV who were partners/husbands of women who had accessed eMTCT services.
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