Helen Meintjes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3674447 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Meintjes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Meintjes |
| SIGNATURE | MEINTJES H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Orphans of the Aids epidemic? The extent, nature and circumstances of child-headed households in South Africa
There is widespread concern that the number of children living in "child-headed households" is rapidly increasing as a result of AIDS-related adult mortality in much of sub-Saharan Africa. Based on analyses of data from several representative national surveys over the period 2000-2007, this paper examines the extent to which this is the case in South Africa. It explores trends in the number of children living in child-only households and characte…
Positive care? HIV and residential care for children in South Africa
Responses to the HIV epidemic leading to an increase in the number of residential care facilities for children across sub-Saharan Africa have prompted concerns that large numbers of orphaned children are being placed in institutional care. There is little empirical research into the role that institutions are playing in the provision of care to children affected by HIV in the region. This paper draws on an exploratory study of the provision of re…
Spinning the Epidemic
This article questions why a somewhat singular focus on orphanhood in the context of AIDS persists despite important shifts to more inclusive terminology of 'orphans and vulnerable children'. Analysis of data from South Africa raises questions about the 'spin' placed on 'orphanhood' and its perceived consequences for children. Local notions of vulnerability and of orphanhood are examined, and their mismatch with international policy definitions n…
'But where are our moral heroes?' An analysis of South African press reporting on children affected by HIV/Aids
Messages conveyed both explicitly and implicitly in the media play an important role in shaping the public's understanding of issues, as well as in shaping associated policy, programmes and popular responses to these issues. This paper applies discourse analysis to a series of articles about children affected by HIV/AIDS published in 2002/2003 in the English-language South African press. The analysis reveals layers of moral messaging present in t…
Children ‘in need of care’ or in need of cash? Social security in the time of Aids
In the face of international pressure and local concern regarding the repercussions of the AIDS epidemic for children in South Africa, as well as the review underway of children's legislation in the country, there is much debate regarding social security provision for children in the context of HIV/AIDS. To date, the State's social security response to the impact of AIDS on children has been to focus its attention on the provision of the Foster C…
Washing Machines Make Lazy Women
This article explores the multiple symbolic associations of two domestic appliances - the washing machine and the coal stove - in a neighbourhood in Soweto, South Africa, and examines the ways in which these appliances as symbolic objects are integral in the construction and negotiation of women's 'proper' roles and relations. The (in some cases incoherent) multivalence of the appliances sets them up as ideal sites for contestation over the defin…
Spinning the Epidemic
This article questions why a somewhat singular focus on orphanhood in the context of AIDS persists despite important shifts to more inclusive terminology of 'orphans and vulnerable children'. Analysis of data from South Africa raises questions about the 'spin' placed on 'orphanhood' and its perceived consequences for children. Local notions of vulnerability and of orphanhood are examined, and their mismatch with international policy definitions n…
Washing Machines Make Lazy Women
This article explores the multiple symbolic associations of two domestic appliances - the washing machine and the coal stove - in a neighbourhood in Soweto, South Africa, and examines the ways in which these appliances as symbolic objects are integral in the construction and negotiation of women's 'proper' roles and relations. The (in some cases incoherent) multivalence of the appliances sets them up as ideal sites for contestation over the defin…
Washing Machines Make Lazy Women
This article explores the multiple symbolic associations of two domestic appliances - the washing machine and the coal stove - in a neighbourhood in Soweto, South Africa, and examines the ways in which these appliances as symbolic objects are integral in the construction and negotiation of women's 'proper' roles and relations. The (in some cases incoherent) multivalence of the appliances sets them up as ideal sites for contestation over the defin…
'But where are our moral heroes?' An analysis of South African press reporting on children affected by HIV/Aids
Messages conveyed both explicitly and implicitly in the media play an important role in shaping the public's understanding of issues, as well as in shaping associated policy, programmes and popular responses to these issues. This paper applies discourse analysis to a series of articles about children affected by HIV/AIDS published in 2002/2003 in the English-language South African press. The analysis reveals layers of moral messaging present in t…
Children ‘in need of care’ or in need of cash? Social security in the time of Aids
In the face of international pressure and local concern regarding the repercussions of the AIDS epidemic for children in South Africa, as well as the review underway of children's legislation in the country, there is much debate regarding social security provision for children in the context of HIV/AIDS. To date, the State's social security response to the impact of AIDS on children has been to focus its attention on the provision of the Foster C…
Spinning the Epidemic
This article questions why a somewhat singular focus on orphanhood in the context of AIDS persists despite important shifts to more inclusive terminology of 'orphans and vulnerable children'. Analysis of data from South Africa raises questions about the 'spin' placed on 'orphanhood' and its perceived consequences for children. Local notions of vulnerability and of orphanhood are examined, and their mismatch with international policy definitions n…
Orphans of the Aids epidemic? The extent, nature and circumstances of child-headed households in South Africa
There is widespread concern that the number of children living in "child-headed households" is rapidly increasing as a result of AIDS-related adult mortality in much of sub-Saharan Africa. Based on analyses of data from several representative national surveys over the period 2000-2007, this paper examines the extent to which this is the case in South Africa. It explores trends in the number of children living in child-only households and characte…
Positive care? HIV and residential care for children in South Africa
Responses to the HIV epidemic leading to an increase in the number of residential care facilities for children across sub-Saharan Africa have prompted concerns that large numbers of orphaned children are being placed in institutional care. There is little empirical research into the role that institutions are playing in the provision of care to children affected by HIV in the region. This paper draws on an exploratory study of the provision of re…
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (3 works)