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In search of a face: Childbearing decisions among couples living with HIV from rural southern Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Belinda C Gombachika --- University of Oslo, Norway Heidi Fjeld --- University of Oslo, NorwayIn the context of increasing access to antiretroviral therapy (ART), the issue of childbearing among people living with HIV is important. The little that is known originates from either studies conducted before widespread availability of highly active ART or has... -
Widow ‘dispossession’ in northern Namibian inheritance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Robert J. Gordon --- Department of Anthropology,This paper examines ‘asset stripping’ which is said to occur particularly in matrilineal societies when young widows are stripped of their late husband's possessions. Contrary to many scholars who see asset stripping as a recent phenomenon and who believe that... -
The convergence of HIV/AIDS and customary tenure on women's access to land in rural Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Naomi Tschirhart --- , , Canada Lucky Kabanga --- , , Malawi Sue Nichols --- , , CanadaThis paper examines the convergence of HIV/AIDS and the social processes through which women access customary land in rural Malawi. Data were collected from focus group discussions with women in patrilineal and matrilineal communities. Women's land tenure is primarily determined...
