1.  Peer Reviewed Title: Milking the cow: young women's construction of identity and risk in age-disparate transactional sexual relationships in Maputo, Mozambique. Author: Hawkins K; Price N; Mussa F Source: Global Public Health. 2009 Mar;4(2):169-82. Abstract: This study employed peer ethnography to explore young women's construction of social identity and risk within age-disparate transactional sexual relationships in Maputo, Mozambique. Peer ethnography is a rapid approach based upon training members of the target group to carry out in-depth qualitative interviews with their peers. The study highlighted young women's perception of agency and power in these relationships. Through a strategy of using their sexuality to extract financial and material resources from men, young women construct a positive identity and esteem linked to perceptions of modernity and consumption and their ability to access consumer goods. Current behavior change HIV prevention messages have little meaning in relation to young women's perceived goals, in a context in which conditions offer few opportunities and limited hope for a secure economic future. Language: English Keywords: MOZAMBIQUE | RESEARCH REPORT | QUALITATIVE RESEARCH | WOMEN | YOUTH | TRANSACTIONAL SEX | AIDS PREVENTION | HIV PREVENTION | POWER | RISK BEHAVIOR | INTERVIEWS | GENDER RELATIONS | AGE FACTORS | Africa, Southern | Africa, Sub Saharan | Africa | Developing Countries | Research Methodology | Demographic Factors | Population | Population Characteristics | Sex Behavior | Behavior | AIDS | HIV Infections | Viral Diseases | Diseases | Political Factors | Sociocultural Factors | Data Collection | Gender Issues Document Number: 341396 |
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