A safe sanctuary away from home: Working women's perceptions of power, gender-based violence and HIV-infection risk within intimate relationships
| dc.contributor.author | Freeman, Rachel J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kamwanyah, Ndumba J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-30T07:04:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-09-30T07:04:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this manuscript insight about working women’s perceptions of power, gender-based violence and HIV-infection risk within intimate relationships in an airline business is provided. The manuscript is based on the findings from a Master of Arts thesis conducted by Ms Rachel Free man, the main author of this article, in an airline business in Windhoek. Qualitative in design, in-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted with five women employees in an airline business to explore their experience and perceptions of power, gender-based violence and the risk of HIV-infection risk. Such insights formed the backdrop to data gathering, which used a narrative approach in which women were asked to retell their experiences of power, gender-based violence and HIV-infection risk within their intimate relationships, including the significance of the presence of an employee Assistance Program (EAP) in their lives as employees of an airline business; therefore providing them a safe sanctuary away from the chaos of their home environment. This manuscript covers a brief introduction of the study; the aim and objectives; it explores the extent of the problem being investigated; it provides a theoretical perspective as well as looking at the methodology of the study; and data analysis. The manuscript concludes with specific recommendations about the relevancy and importance of work place programmes to protecting and promoting women’s wellbeing and rights. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Freeman, R.J., & Kamwanyah, N.J. (2015). A safe sanctuary away from home: Working women's perceptions of power, gender-based violence and HIV-infection risk within intimate relationships. Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(1&2), 10-33. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11070/1547 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Namibia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Gender-based violence | en_US |
| dc.subject | HIV-infection | en_US |
| dc.subject | Intimate relationships | en_US |
| dc.title | A safe sanctuary away from home: Working women's perceptions of power, gender-based violence and HIV-infection risk within intimate relationships | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |