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Abstract
In this retrospective study we explore the life trajectory of Vietnamese HIV-positive AIDS widows over a period 2 years after their husbands’ deaths in a patrilinear and patrilocal setting where HIV is stigmatized. Some options, such as widows living with their eldest son, are not available to young HIV-positive widows, but the women in our study furthered their own interest by joining support groups, looking for new partners, and strengthening relations with their own family. Most women who returned to live with their family found a new intimate relationship through support groups for HIV-positive persons.
Notes
Clauses 7 and 8 in the Law on Marriage and Family in 1959 protect widows: Clause 7 clarifies that to be in mourning is not an obstacle for getting remarried. Clause 8 gives widows rights to remarry and guarantee their rights to children and property. These rights are reaffirmed by more recent decrees such as decree 32/2002/NĐ-CP (March 27, 2002).
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