Health Policies for women’s empowerment: Evidences from Malawi’s Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV campaign

Andrea Berlanda ()
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Andrea Berlanda: University of Padova

No 319, "Marco Fanno" Working Papers from Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno"

Abstract: Can major health interventions promote women’s empowerment? Focusing on rural Malawi, I study the effect of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic on women’s empowerment. To identify the effect, I use the ART roll-out campaign launched by the Malawian government in 2004. I calculate an index based on the scope and accessibility of treatment to measure the bene- fit of ART to rural communities. Women in communities that benefited the most from the treatment, in terms of the number of beneficiaries and access, experienced increased decision-making indicators and decreased justification and experience of physical violence. The rise in women’s empowerment can be explained by the pos- itive effects of health improvement on economic empowerment and human capital formation. This paper advocates for the central role of health interventions in future women’s empowerment campaigns.

Keywords: HIV; women’s empowerment; Health Interventions; ART expansion; Africa; Malawi. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 56 pages
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