This brief is prepared for activists as a tool in mobilizing for systemic and behavioural changes in respect of gender based violence (GBV) and structural violence, with its multiple oppressive features, particularly on the lives of HIV+ women in Zimbabwe. Structural violence is violence, oppression, marginalising, and exclusion perpetrated against some people, communities or groups of people. Structural violence is (1) committed through powerful systems and institutions across society and (2) driven by sets of beliefs, ideas, and values that dominate in society. GBV refers to violence (physical, psychological and/or sexual) which constitutes a serious violation of human rights and a life-threatening health and safety issue. GBV is rooted in structural inequalities and is characterised by the use and abuse of physical, emotional or financial power and control.
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