AIDS, women, land, and natural resources in Africa: current challenges

Oglethorpe, Judy; Gelman, Nancy

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“…Traditional resource management systems that have developed over generations are being lost when men and women die in their prime years before passing on the knowledge to their sons and daughters. A generation of orphans is growing up without knowing how best to work the land and use resources sustainably (Oglethorpe & Gelman, 2008). This calls for an intervention in the preservation of traditional knowledge and wisdom for life and sustainable rural development.…”

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Traditional Wisdom in Land Use and Resource Management Among the Lugbara of Uganda

Agatha

2016

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This article is the result of PhD research work into traditional and modern law, order, and judicial systems among the Lugbara of Uganda. Although a segmentary society, the Lugbara used indigenous wisdom and lived experience to develop traditional law to guide in the management of land, flora, fauna, and water for posterity. Cultural beliefs, values, norms, and practices that guided land use and resource management were handed down by word of mouth through generations. Clan elders were the custodians of clan resources, guiding the people in negotiating the pitfalls and contradictions of human life. Development and its associated problems could be addressed using indigenous knowledge and wisdom. The beneficiaries need the capacity to sustain development by using the available local knowledge and resources. Rethinking traditional knowledge and wisdom could act as a strategy for sustainable development.

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Traditional Wisdom in Land Use and Resource Management Among the Lugbara of Uganda

Agatha

2016

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“…In addition to higher female prevalence, rural women are often the primary caregivers for the sick and orphaned (UNAIDS 2006c). Some program insights suggest that natural resources managed by women are often in greater demand when households are caring for AIDS patients (e.g., water; wild food plants; firewood; and medicinal plants) (Oglethorpe and Gelman 2008). Further, in some settings, women may lose access to land and natural resources after the death of a husband as a result of inheritance rules restricting access for widows and orphans (Drimie 2002; International Center for Research on Women 2004).…”

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“…1 In many African countries, women are particularly affected by the epidemic (Oglethorpe and Gelman 2008;Oglethorpe and Mauambeta 2008). In addition to higher female prevalence, rural women are often the primary caregivers for the sick and orphaned (UNAIDS 2006c).…”

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Using innovation to address HIV, AIDS, and environment links: intervention case studies from Zimbabwe, Uganda, and Malawi

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This article presents three cross-cutting intervention case studies that address HIV, AIDS, and natural resources management in an integrated manner through innovative programming in Zimbabwe, Uganda, and Malawi. In Zimbabwe, a religious-based non-governmental group and two community organizations work together to build skills of HIV-and AIDS-vulnerable children in rural areas to meet dietary and income needs, while using natural resources sustainably. In Uganda, various government agencies and NGO actors work together to improve the food security of HIV-affected households at the national, district, sub-district, and village levels. Finally, in Malawi, a conservation organization incorporates HIV and AIDS Roger-Mark De Souza-Formerly with the Population Reference Bureau. awareness and programming into its operations and projects. Each case study presents pioneering approaches to simultaneously addressing the pressures on conservation initiatives, food security/agricultural production, income generation/ livelihoods, and social and health care systems. They also provide lessons for expanding interventions and partnerships.Intervention projects that bring together components of HIV and AIDS education and mitigation with natural resource management are emerging as innovative, crosscutting approaches to address the on-the-ground complexities between HIV, AIDS, and the environment as revealed by the scholarship in this special issue. These intervention projects yield interesting questions related to form, impact, and replicability. What do such projects look like? What are the benefits of these approaches? Can they be scaled up and at what level? The three intervention case studies reviewed here provide a noteworthy start to examine such questions.The first case study on Junior Farmer Field Schools by Heinrich and Senefeld addresses the vulnerability of children and HIV and AIDS orphans in Zimbabwe by partnering with a religious-based non-governmental group and two community organizations. Overall, the project works to build skills of HIV-and AIDSvulnerable children in rural areas to meet dietary and income needs while also using natural resources sustainably. Its innovation lies in the adaptation of the wellestablished Farmer Field Schools (FFS) methodology which implements a series of non-formal, participatory, and hands-on activities according to the agricultural production cycle. This project adopted traditional FFS approaches, and added targeted outreach to, and the incorporation of, children. In addition, the project included HIV and AIDS awareness, prevention, and mitigation components, as well as training on basic business skills.Partners for Food Security, the second intervention case study by Coon, Sebanja, and Ogden, represents an inter-agency partnership in Uganda dedicated to improving the food security of HIV-affected households. Partners provides

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“…Disasters have a disproportionate effect on women. Women are often caretakers of the household and family in accordance with traditional expectations (Oglethorpe & Gelman, ). Overall, women work harder in the wake of devastation resulting from disasters, spending more time collecting and carrying resources home (Oglethorpe & Gelman, ).…”

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Gender, disaster, and women's access to contraception and reproductive health care

Berndt

2018

Sociology Compass

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Despite an increasing focus on health in disasters and the intersection of gender and disaster, there are few studies on women's health and access to essential reproductive health care during and after disasters. Even though contraceptives have an objective importance in maintaining reproductive health, there have been policy changes in the United States that run counter to this need, leading some to perceive women's health care as superfluous or morally wrong. With such a negative perception of women's reproductive health care, how are state‐level contraceptive policies and emergency refill laws constructed in a way that compromises women's ability to maintain an emergency supply of contraceptives and/or hinders their contraceptive access in disasters? In this review, I describe literature that answers this question while highlighting the lack of literature on this specific intersection. Additionally, I describe current policies that address this question. I then present a discussion and directions for future research to conclude this paper.

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AIDS, women, land, and natural resources in Africa: current challenges

Cited by 17 publications

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Traditional Wisdom in Land Use and Resource Management Among the Lugbara of Uganda

Traditional Wisdom in Land Use and Resource Management Among the Lugbara of Uganda

Using innovation to address HIV, AIDS, and environment links: intervention case studies from Zimbabwe, Uganda, and Malawi

Gender, disaster, and women's access to contraception and reproductive health care

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