Sexualidade e Género em Campanhas de Prevenção da Infeção por VIH/Sida: «desconstruir para (re)educar»

• Autor(a) principal: Frias, Ana
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Teixeira, Filomena
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34624/id.v6i4.3962

HIV/AIDS infection, one of the severest public health problem of the world, affects nowadays c. 35 millions of people, despite the encouraging progressive signs, such as the decrease of dead caused by HIV/AIDS, and the increase of treatment, among others (UNAIDS, 2014). HIV/AIDS infection prevention campaigns, a keystone in the epidemic’s answer, through the support of prevention initiatives and the promotion of stigma-free and discrimination-free environment, often carry multiple and conflicting gender representations (Meyer, Santos, Oliveira& Wilhelms, 2004), based on stereotypes of sexual and gender roles (OPS, 2010). Before a so called effective sexual education, that enabling learning of culturally relevant and scientifically correct information, it is possible to incorporate critical analysis of these speeches, that “never say just to say” (Gregolin, 2007, p.23), and that obstruct prevention, since they are pregnant of gender (and power) inequalities (Pinto-Coelho, 2009; Rogow & Haberland, 2005). The present paper, inserted in the ongoing Doctorate Project, where HIV/AIDS infection prevention campaigns are analyzed, produced by OG and ONG of countries from CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries) between 2000 and 2010, seeks to be another contribution to the debate.