Childhood sexuality and rights in the context of HIV/Aids
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15099624 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Bhana (0000-0002-8504-041X, University of KwaZulu-Natal, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 309-324 |
| Publication date | 2007-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691050601116686 |
| PMID | 17457733 |
| OpenAlex | W1996924856 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 5 |
The primary objective in this study was to explore what HIV and AIDS mean to seven- and eight-year-old children in South Africa and how sexual and gender dynamics are embedded within these meanings. Against representations that associate young children with innocence, the paper argues for a more capacious view of young children as sexual and gendered agents with the ability to exercise their rights. In contrast to research that addresses children as relatively passive desexualised beings, focusing on their dependence on adults, their innocence and their need for protection, this paper examines how HIV and AIDS are constructed and negotiated by young people. It views children not simply in terms of their need for sexual rights but as potentially active participants in the negotiation of their rights. Viewing children's rights as highly contested, the notion that young children have sexual rights opens up possibilities for children (including those from marginalised groups) to talk about their concerns and pleasures, fears and hopes, as well as issues relating to sexual rights and resistances. By working creatively with teachers, it may be possible to broaden young children's knowledge of HIV and AIDS and sexuality within a more supportive environment
Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Human rights · Human sexuality · Innocence · Negotiation · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology
Situated ethics as methodological innovation in sexuality research governance with adolescents
An Exploratory Study of Male Adolescent Sexuality in Zimbabwe
Creating ‘participatory spaces’
Gender differences in South African men and women's access to and evaluation of informal sources of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information
Young people’s perceptions of relationships and sexual practices in the abstinence-only context of Uganda
Risky forms of knowledge
Conceptualising children as sexual beings
Perspectives on HIV/Aids stigma and discrimination
Do not forget the boys – gender differences in children living in high HIV-affected communities in South Africa and Malawi in a longitudinal, community-based study
Evidence-based gender findings for children affected by HIV and Aids – a systematic overview
Delivering Sexual and Reproductive Health Education to Girls
HIV/Aids and sexuality
The ethical dilemmas of doing research with 12-14 year-old school girls in KwaZulu-Natal
Kiss and tell
Inviting Backchat
Children of the street’
Aids is rape!” gender and sexuality in children's responses to HIV and Aids
Beyond stigma? Young children's responses to HIV and Aids
Gender constructions in Africa
A new materialist (re)configuring of sexuality, age and the discourse of ‘childhood innocence
Doubts, dilemmas and decisions
Sexuality and the limits of agency among South African teenage women
The child as a gendered rights holder
Child protection, adolescence and paediatric HIV health-care practices
| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |