Youth, Aids and Rural Livelihoods in Southern Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5877668 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lorraine Van Blerk (0000-0003-1792-2354, University of Reading), N Ansell (0000-0002-6129-7413, Brunel University of London), Elsbeth Robson (0000-0003-3513-460X, University of Malawi), Flora Hadju (Brunel University of London), Lucy Chipeta (University of Malawi) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 709-727 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geography Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00114.x |
| OpenAlex | W2007031665 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 29 |
AIDS, in interaction with other factors, is impacting on the livelihood activities, opportunities and choices of young people in southern Africa. This article explores these linkages firstly by reviewing what is known about the impacts of AIDS on young people, before looking more specifically at how this impinges on their future ability to secure livelihoods. Within the home and family, AIDS often results in youth taking on a heavy burden of responsibilities. This can include caring for sick relatives, helping with chores and taking on paid employment. This burden of care and work can have further impacts on young people's future livelihoods as they find they have reduced access to schooling, potential loss of inheritance and a breakdown in the intergenerational transfer of knowledge, which is especially important for sustained agricultural production. The article ends by suggesting that the sustainable livelihoods approach can be useful for understanding the complexity of the issues surrounding the impacts of AIDS on young people's livelihoods and calls for further research to explore how their access to future sustainable livelihoods in rural southern Africa might be supported
Agriculture · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Livelihood · Political science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Sustainable development · Children's Rights and Participation · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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Fluid Households, Complex Families
Social Networks, Migration, and Care in Tanzania
Children's Geographies
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Sustainability’ in ecological economics, ecology and livelihoods
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Negotiating social identities
Structural change in Malawi since independence
Hidden Child Workers
Journeys to the street
Invisible carers
Geographies of age
Exploring the Frontier of Livelihoods Research
Livelihoods Research
Children's migration as a household/family strategy
The 'Place' of Street Children in Kampala, Uganda
Children's Experiences of Migration
Aids in Africa
Secondary Schooling and Rural Youth Transitions in Lesotho and Zimbabwe
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,41 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2019 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |