By Tanja R. Muller
This moment book within the ''AWLAE'' sequence on HIV/AIDS and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa discusses the gender measurement of HIV/AIDS impression at loved ones and neighborhood point. It does so in utilizing the threefold typology of gender particular constraints, gender intensified hazards and gender imposed constraints. unique foci of cognizance comprise the results of gender constraints for nutrients safety in rural settings, the place ladies are the most manufacturers of nutrients vegetation in addition to the most caregivers; and the way cultural norms be certain the several suggestions open to girls unlike males in mitigating the consequences of the epidemic. This final element presents the hyperlink to the final ebook within the sequence, which discusses agricultural mitigation options within the context of HIV/AIDS as a problem to human improvement. The textual content is via an annotated bibliography
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In case of male morbidity and mortality, it has been reported from a variety of locations that AIDS has worsened existing gender based differences or gender intensified constraints in access to land and other resources, as the epidemic reinforces the problems women face with regard to property and inheritance rights. After their husband’s death, women are often left without control over land or other means of production, making it very difficult to support their own livelihoods and their children’s.
As such, HIV/AIDS highlights the jeopardy women face in relation to fertility, motherhood and sexuality as normal members of their respective societies (Obbo, 1995; Panos, 1990). In turn, women’s greater susceptibility to infection can only be reduced when changes in cultural beliefs and gender stereotypes that perpetuate the belief that women are inferior to men occur. Ideologies of masculinity and femininity which make it seem natural that men should have the upper hand when it comes to economic decision making, opportunities for advancement, expressing their sexual desires and satisfying their sexual needs, must be altered (Heise & Elias, 1995; Rivers & Aggleton, 1999).
28 Concerning mitigation, this suggests that food and nutrition security should be key elements in any response to HIV/AIDS. 29 In this context, see also the ‘new variant famine’ hypothesis discussed in part one of the series (Müller, 2004a; de Waal, 2003; de Waal & Tumushabe, 2003). HIV/AIDS, gender and rural livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa 51 5. Gender and care within rural households Among the gender specific constraints within sub-Saharan African societies and communities (and beyond), women’s roles as primary providers of care within the family and community is prominent, a role that is often underestimated, not least by women themselves (Panos, 1990).
