Widowhood and HIV/AIDS
Publication Date
2015Author
Nyambedha, Erick
Okuto, Agache
Kioli, Felix
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Widowhood is a state unavoidable to all married individuals. Women experience
widowhood differently. In Africa, widows face challenges posed by culture, stigma and
poverty. Widows living with HIV and AIDS face more challenges due to stigma of living with
HIV and AIDS, widowhood, and expression of sexuality. Furthermore, young widows face
problems of forming new sexual relationships. These problems become more complex when
they are required by law to disclose their HIV status to their new found sexual partners. This
poses challenges such as confidentiality, stigma and rejection. This book describes these
challenges faced by widows in the urban setting of Kisumu City. The work which used a
cross sectional study design, describes the experiences of these widows. The widows
described in the book were of different socioeconomic backgrounds. They were receiving …