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SUMMARY:amse seminar - Aurélia Lépine
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DESCRIPTION:Young women in Sub-Saharan Africa are disproportionately affect
 ed by the HIV epidemic: they are twice as likely to be living with HIV than
  men of the same age and account for 64% of new HIV infections among young 
 people. Many studies suggest that financial needs\, alongside biological su
 sceptibility\, are the main causes of the gender disparity in HIV acquisiti
 on. While the literature shows limited understanding of the link between po
 verty and HIV\, there is some new robust evidence demonstrating that women 
 adopt risky sexual behaviours as a way to cope with economic shocks. There 
 are a number of reasons why economic shocks could lead to STIs and HIV acqu
 isition. The main reason lies in the fact that the low access to formal wel
 l-paid jobs and productive assets make women in Africa prone to use commerc
 ial and transactional sex as risk-coping strategies. Such strategies may be
  attractive given that women can raise money quickly and earn up to three t
 imes more compared to other occupations. In addition\, there is extensive l
 iterature showing a large positive premium for unprotected sex for women en
 gaging in commercial sex. Determining whether economic shock is a missing p
 iece of the HIV puzzle is critical since economic shocks are common and wom
 en do not currently have formal risk-coping strategies in Africa. In this p
 resentation\, I put together new evidence from recent and ongoing research 
 conducted by our team at the Centre for Global Health Economics at Universi
 ty College London that include a systematic review and empirical analyses o
 f the impact of several economic shocks on risky sexual behaviours of women
  in Africa.\\n\\nContact: Ewen Gallic: ewen.gallic[at]univ-amu.frAvner Sero
 r: avner.seror[at]univ-amu.fr\n\nPlus d'informations: https://www.amse-aixm
 arseille.fr/en/events/aur%C3%A9lia-l%C3%A9pine-0
LOCATION:Îlot Bernard du Bois - Amphithéâtre\, AMU - AMSE\, 5-9 boulevar
 d Maurice Bourdet\, 13001 Marseille
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.amse-aixmarseille.fr/en/events/aur%C3%A9lia-l%C3%A9pine-0
CONTACT:Ewen Gallic: ewen.gallic[at]univ-amu.frAvner Seror: avner.seror[at]
 univ-amu.fr
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