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Growing up an orphan : vulnerability of adolescent girls to HIV in Malawi

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Canada
LUGINAAH, I.
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Canada
BAXTER, I
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Canada


Description :
This article analyses the vulnerability of adolescent girls to HIV in the township of Chibavi in Mzuzu City, Malawi, through the lens of an informal labour relation locally known as ganyu. It argues that while youth in Chibavi generally work ganyu, the particularly oversized domestic roles of encumbered orphans against a backdrop of extremely deprived material circumstances and weak kin ties propelled them into prolonged ganyu contracts and compelled them to more readily concede to sexual demands ‘imposed’ by those who offered them ganyu. This study adds to the understanding of how the spatial transformation of this enduring ad hoc labour makes it a relation that potentially shapes vulnerability to HIV in Malawi. It also wrestles with the question of why current policy debates do not reflect these realities in a country with one of worst AIDS epidemics, and in turn, makes relevant policy recommendations.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Transactions - Institute of British Geographers (1965), issn : 0020-2754, 2014, vol. 39, n°. 1, p. 128-139, nombre de pages : 12, Références bibliographiques : 2 p

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Institute of British Geographers

Langue :
Anglais
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