Publication Cover
Culture, Health & Sexuality
An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care
Volume 22, 2020 - Issue 7: Justice in Sexual and Reproductive Health
484
Views
3
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

The invisible intersectionality of female gender in Thailand’s response to the HIV epidemic

&
Pages 762-777 | Received 20 Aug 2019, Accepted 01 Apr 2020, Published online: 28 May 2020

References

  • Boonmongkon, P., C. Sulaiporn, and S. Ronnaphoom. 2011. ความเป็นหญิง ความเสี่ยง ภาวะเปราะบางต่อการติดเชื้อและการป้องกันเอชไอวี/เอดส์ [Femininity, Risk, Vulnerability, and HIV/AIDS Prevention]. Nakorn Pathom: Centre for Health Policy Studies, Mahidol University.
  • Bureau of AIDS, TB and STIs. 2017. “Progress Report for Thailand Ending AIDS 2018.” http://azp.ddc.moph.go.th/aidszeroportal/Download/Report/APR/2018/EN_GAM%202018.pdf
  • Butler, J. 1990. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. New York: Routledge.
  • Chasombat, S., L. Cheewanan, T. Sombat, S. Laksami, and Y. R. Lo. 2006. “National Access to Antiretroviral Program for PHA (NAPHA) in Thailand.” The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 37 (4): 704–715.
  • Closson, E. F., Mimiaga, M. J., Sherman, S. G., Tangmunkongvorakul, A., Friedman, R. K., Limbada, M., Moore, A. T., et al. 2015. “Intimacy versus Isolation: A Qualitative Study of Sexual Practices among Sexually Active HIV-Infected Patients in HIV Care in Brazil, Thailand, and Zambia.” Plos One 10 (3): e0120957. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0120957
  • Collins, H. 2000. Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment. New York: Routledge.
  • Decker, M. R., H. L. McCauley, D. Phuengsamran, S. Janyam, G. R. Seage, and J. G. Silverman. 2010. “Violence Victimisation, Sexual Risk and Sexually Transmitted Infection Symptoms among Female Sex Workers in Thailand.” Sexually Transmitted Infections 86 (3): 236–240. doi:10.1136/sti.2009.037846
  • Division of AIDS and STIs. 2020. AIDS Zero Portal. HIV Info HUB. https://azp.ddc.moph.go.th/epidemic.php
  • Dworkin, S. L. 2005. “Who is Epidemiologically Fathomable in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic? Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectionality.” Culture, Health & Sexuality 7 (6): 615–623. doi:10.1080/13691050500100385
  • Haritavorn, N. 2014. “Surviving in Two Worlds: Social and Structural Violence of Thai Female Injecting Drug Users.” International Journal of Drug Policy 25 (1): 116–123. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.09.008
  • Higgins, A. J., S. Hoffman, and S. L. Dworkin. 2010. “Rethinking Gender, Heterosexual Men, and Women’s Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.” American Journal of Public Health 100 (3): 435–445. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.159723
  • Klunklin, A., and J. Greenwood. 2005. “Buddhism, the Status of Women and the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Thailand.” Health Care for Women International 26 (1): 46–61. doi:10.1080/07399330590885777
  • Liamputtong, P., and H. Niphattra. 2016. “To Tell or Not to Tell: Disclosure to Children and Family amongst Thai women living with HIV/AIDS.” Health Promotion International 31 (1): 23–32. doi:10.1093/heapro/dau057
  • Liguori, A. L., and M. Lamas. 2003. “Gender, Sexual Citizenship and HIV/AIDS.” Culture, Health & Sexuality 5 (1): 87–90. doi:10.1080/713804641
  • Lolekha, R., Chokephaibulkit K., Phanuphak N., Chaithongwongwatthana S., Kiertiburanakul S., Chetchotisakd P., Boonsuk S., and Thai National Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) Guidelines Working Group. 2017. “Thai National Guidelines for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus 2017.” Asian Biomedicine: Research, Reviews and News 11 (2): 145–159. doi:10.5372/1905-7415.1102.547
  • Mehta, N., Jennifer, H., Phiangjai, B., Fuller, S., and Sohn, A. H. 2018. “Investigating the Role of Stigma on Fertility Desire among HIV-Positive Women in Bangkok, Thailand: A Qualitative Study.” Virus Eradication 4 (3): 165–169.
  • Ministry of Public Health. 2014. Thailand National Operational Plan Accelerating Ending AIDS, 2015–2019. Nonthaburi: National AIDS Management Centre, Department of Disease Control.
  • Ministry of Public Health. 2015. ยุทธศาสตร์ถุงยางอนามัยแห่งชาติ พ.ศ. 2558–2562 [Thailand’s National Condom Strategy 2015–2019]. Nonthaburi: National AIDS Management Centre, Department of Disease Control.
  • Muccini, C., Crowell, T. A., Kroon, E., Sacdalan, C., Ramautarsing, R., Seekaew, P., Phanuphak, P., et al. 2019. “Leveraging Early HIV Diagnosis and Treatment in Thailand to Conduct HIV Cure Research.” AIDS Research and Therapy 16 (1): 25. doi:10.1186/s12981-019-0240-4
  • Muecke, M. 2004. “Guest Editorial: Shifting Sexuality among Lowland Thai Women.” Culture Health & Sexuality 6 (3): 183–187. doi:10.1080/136910501141179
  • National Statistical Office. 2016. Thailand MICS: Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2015-2016. Accessed December 2019. https://www.unicef.org/thailand/sites/unicef.org.thailand/files/2018-06/Thailand_MICS_Full_Report_EN_0.pdf
  • Parker, R. 2009. “Unintended Consequences: Evaluating the Impact of HIV and AIDS on Sexuality Research and Policy.” Cadernos de Saúde Pública, Rio De Janeiro 25 (Supl. 2): 251–258. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153600
  • Reproductive Health Office. 2018. รายงานประจำปี 2561 [Annual Report 2018] http://rh.anamai.moph.go.th/download/all_file/index/reportRH/report_rh_62.pdf
  • Research Institute of Bangkok University and UNDP. 2004. Opinion Poll on HIV/AIDS Thailand. https://www.th.undp.org/content/thailand/en/home/library/hiv_aids/AIDSOpPoll.html
  • Rubin, G. 2007. “Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality.” In Culture, Society and Sexuality: A Reader, edited by Richard Parker and Peter Aggleton, 143–178. London: Routledge.
  • School of Global Studies. 2014. Situational Analysis of Young People at High Risk of HIV Exposure in Thailand: Synthesis Report. Thammasat University. https://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/files/UNICEF_study_on_HIV_infection_among_young_peole_FINAL_ENGLISH.pdf
  • Siraprapasiri, T., S. Ongwangdee, P. Benjarattanaporn, W. Peerapatanapokin, and M. Sharma. 2016. “The Impact of Thailand’s Public Health Response to the HIV Epidemic 1984-2015: Understanding the Ingredients of Success.” Journal of Virus Eradication 2 (Suppl. 4): 7–14. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5337415/
  • Smye, V., Browne, A. J. C. Varcoe, and V. Josewski, 2011. “Harm Reduction, Methadone Maintenance Treatment and the Root Causes of Health and Social Inequities: An Intersectional Lens in the Canadian Context.” Harm Reduction Journal 8 (1): 17.
  • Srithanaviboonchai, K., S. Chariyalertsak, J. Nontarak, S. Assanangkornchai, P. Kessomboon, P. Putwatana, et al. 2017. “Stigmatizing Attitudes toward People Living with HIV among General Adult Thai Population: Results from the 5th Thai National Health Examination Survey (NHES).” Plos One 12 (11): 1–14. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0187231
  • Sutherland, M. E. 2016. “An Intersectional Approach for Understanding the Vulnerabilities of English-Speaking Heterosexual Caribbean Youth to HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Prevention and Intervention Strategies.” Health Psychology Open 12 (11): e0187231–13. doi:10.1177/2055102916679349
  • Thailand Working Group on HIV/AIDS Projection. 2010. Projection for HIV/AIDS in Thailand 2010–2030. https://www.aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/files/publication/Projection_for_HIV_AIDS_in_Thailand_2010-2030.pdf
  • Thaweesit, S. 2000. “From Village to Factory ‘Girl’: Shifting Narratives on Gender and Sexuality in Thailand.” PhD diss., University of Washington.
  • Thaweesit, S. 2004. “The Fluidity of Thai Women’s Gendered and Sexual Subjectivities.” Culture, Health & Sexuality 6 (3): 205–219. doi:10.1080/1369105031000156360
  • Thaweesit, S., and U. Pattharavanit. 2011. การวิเคราะห์สถานการณ์แบบมีส่วนร่วมประเด็นการละเมิด สิทธิ์ในพนักงานบริการหญิงและข้อเสนอต่อสังคมไทย [Participatory Assessment of Human Rights Violation among Female Sex Workers and Policy Recommendations]. Bangkok: Foundation for AIDS Rights.
  • UNAIDS and Thai Ministry of Public Health. 2000. Evaluation of the 100% Condom Programme in Thailand. Geneva: UNAIDS Case Study.
  • UNAIDS. 2015. “Focus on Location and Population.” www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/WAD2015_report_en_part01.pdf
  • UNAIDS. 2019. “19.6 Million Girls and Women Living with HIV.” https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/infographics/girls-and-women-living-with-HIV
  • UNICEF. 2015. Situational Analysis of Young People at High Risk of HIV Exposure: Synthesis Report. Thailand: UNICEF.
  • United Nations General Assembly. 2013. Thailand Getting to Zero. https://azp.ddc.moph.go.th/Download/Report/APR/2011/AIDS%20progress%20report_2011.pdf
  • United Nations. 1996. Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women: Beijing, 4–15 September 1995. United Nations: New York.
  • Van, E. P. 2000. Materializing Thailand. Oxford: Berg.
  • World Health Organization. 2011. Gender Mainstreaming for Health Managers: A Practical Approach. Geneva: World Health Organisation. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/44516
  • Young, R. M., and I. H. Meyer. 2005. “The Trouble with “MSM” and “WSW”: Erasure of the Sexual-Minority Person in Public Health Discourse.” American Journal of Public Health 95 (7): 1144–1149. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.046714

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.