scholarly journals Secondary School Teachers, Their Views and Roles in Grassroots Soccer as an Intervention Anti-HIV/AIDS Propagation Tool

2020 ◽  
pp. 16-27
Author(s):  
Mavondo, Greanious Alfred ◽  
Mzingwnane, Mayibongwe Louise ◽  
Chaibva, Cynthia Nompumelelo ◽  
Gwatiringa, Coletta ◽  
Mapfumo, Cladinos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Role Models ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Secondary School Teacher ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Hiv Aids

Introduction: The GRSZ projects were aimed at bridging the gap between adolescents’ unwanted social behaviours and societal norms and values fashioned by the breakdown of family and society cultural practices, as a measure to militate against the spread of HIV/AIDS amongst adolescents, adolescent unwanted pregnancy and gender-based violence using soccer as a medium of learning. The program deliberately circumvented involvement of Secondary School Teacher during planning and implementation hoping to have a clean intervention strategy without the encumbrances and confounders possibly introduced by the societal authority figure. However, a for continuity and adaptation of the program into the school curriculum as a behaviour change catalyst, the Secondary School Teacher is pivotal. The evaluation sought to delineate the views and roles of this cadre as determinants and guidelines towards the successful translating of GRSZ experimental work into the real-life school environment. Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted by trained and qualified interviewers who formed the team of evaluators at various selected school during the teacher’s working hours. A pre-prepared interview guide constructed and reviewed by the panel of evaluators as well as the Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe was used to conduct the guided interview. The researchers brought the interview guides to selected schools where appointments had been made prior by the Key Researcher. The interviews were held on the same day other surveys at the school. A total of 11 (five females and six males) Secondary Schools Teachers with more had in-depth interviews carried out after which saturation was reached. Results: The majority of adolescents (62.2%) reported the teacher as their source of information on HIV and reproductive health and the mother followed a close second at 57.7% reflecting possibly contact hours as the factor. Teachers corroborated this information showing high eagerness to be involved in the GRSZ at the earliest given opportunity. Both males and females did agree that they were the closest role models and gave varied reasons as to why their influences were not adequate in shaping the life skills of adolescents under their watch. It was clear that teacher embraced and endorsed the GRSZ program expansion and their involvement in future cohorts. Conclusion and Recommendations: Teachers had high anticipation of involvement and showed dismay at not having been involved in the initial phases of the program where their contributions were most likely to have had a high impact through their possible engagement with the community to cement the gains of the program. They recommended that lifelong learning on HIV/AIDS prevention, unwanted pregnancies and gender-based violence need to be incorporated into all areas of learning at school and beyond. Expanding the program to other schools in Zimbabwe beyond Bulawayo was seen as an overdue process.

Traversing the ‘Particular’ through the ‘Universal’: The Politics of Negotiating Violent Masculinities in Cambodia

2012 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Lilja
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Subject Positions ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Men's Groups ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Depth Interviews

The article analyses programmes against gender-based violence (GBV) in Cambodia in order to understand what notions of power, agency and resistance reside within these programmes. The text relies on in-depth interviews with four different organisations in Cambodia. The interviews display a number of hands-on practices of resistance against GBV, which require a broad discussion of identity in order to be fully understood. In particular, the organisations emphasize the importance of approaching men—in men's groups, as trainers and role models—in the resistance against GBV. In their approach to Cambodian men, the trainers mixed representations of a more ‘particular’ character with representations of a more ‘universal’ appearance. Both in the establishment of new subject positions and new discourses, the Cambodian trainers leaned upon and alternated between universal and particular notions. In addition, men's ‘particular’ subject positions became the very lens through which they considered ‘universal’ notions of violent masculinities. New aspects of the resistance against GBV thus become visible as the concepts of universalism and particularism are put in use. It is in the nexus between ‘universal’ and ‘particular’ representations that a non-violent masculinity is fostered.

scholarly journals Challenges Faced by People Living with HIV/AIDS in Cape Town, South Africa: Issues for Group Risk Reduction Interventions

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allanise Cloete ◽  
Anna Strebel ◽  
Leickness Simbayi ◽  
Brian van Wyk ◽  
Nomvo Henda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Fear Of Rejection ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

This paper presents the findings of an exploratory study to investigate the challenges faced by people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in communities in Cape Town, South Africa. The primary goal of the study was to gather data to inform the adaptation of a group risk reduction intervention to the South African context. Qualitative methods were used to examine the experiences of PLWHA. Eight focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with 83 HIV-positive participants and 14 key informants (KIs) involved in work with PLWHA were interviewed. Findings revealed that AIDS-related stigma was still pervasive in local communities. This was associated with the difficulty of disclosure of their status for fear of rejection. Also notable was the role of risky behaviours such as lack of condom use and that PLWHA considered their HIV/AIDS status as secondary to daily life stressors like poverty, unemployment, and gender-based violence. These findings have implications for the adaptation or development of behavioural risk reduction interventions for PLWHA.

scholarly journals Women’s Experiences of Defecating in the Open: A Qualitative Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 160-170
Author(s):  
Abdul Azeez E.P. ◽  
Dandub Palzor Negi ◽  
Aditi Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Open Defecation ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

The issue of open defecation is ubiquitous in a country like India where certain demographic groups are underprivileged and often the victims of substandard life and human right violations. Women are the direct victims of open defecation and the non-availability of toilets and the practice of open defecation makes women vulnerable to health risks and gender-based violence. The present article analyses the practice of open defecation by conducting in-depth interviews with 30 women in the reproductive age group in the five villages of Bandarsindri, Kheda, Sirohi, Mundoti and Nahoriyain in central Rajasthan. The study found that women’s experience of open defecation is accompanied by fear, shame, lack of privacy and dignity, and conflict—all of which impact the overall quality of life.

Cultural Dimensions of HIV/AIDS and Gender-Based Violence:

2021 ◽  
pp. 237-254
Author(s):  
Paul Bukuluki ◽  
Ronard Mukuye ◽  
Ronald Luwangula ◽  
Aloysious Nnyombi ◽  
Juliana Naumo Akoryo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals The Experiences of Young Men, Their Families, and Their Coaches Following a Soccer and Vocational Training Intervention to Prevent HIV and Drug Abuse in South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 224-236
Author(s):  
Dallas Swendeman ◽  
Jason Bantjes ◽  
Deborah Mindry ◽  
Jackie Stewart ◽  
Mark Tomlinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Drug Testing ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Attitudinal Changes ◽  
Depth Interviews

Young men in South Africa are at high-risk for HIV, substance abuse, and gender-based violence. This article presents qualitative results from a pilot study testing soccer leagues and vocational training to engage young-adult township men to deliver preventive interventions, including rapid HIV and alcohol/drug testing, shifting attitudes toward gender-based violence, and promoting other prosocial behaviors. Three groups participated in focus groups and in-depth interviews on experiences with the program: (1) a subset of 15 participants, (2) 15 family members, and (3) five intervention coaches. Results suggest that participants first reduced substance use on tournament days and then gradually reduced to practice days and beyond. Families suggested that “keeping young men occupied” and encouragement of prosocial behaviors was critical to risk reduction and led to increased community respect for the men. Coaches noted that behavioral and attitudinal changes were incremental and slow. The use of incentives was problematic and more research is needed to understand how incentives can be used in interventions of this nature.

“You Are a Part of the Solution”: Negotiating Gender-Based Violence and Engendering Change in Urban Informal Settlements in Mumbai, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 1336-1360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Proshant Chakraborty ◽  
Nayreen Daruwalla ◽  
Anuja Jayaraman ◽  
Shanti Pantvaidya
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Front Line Workers ◽  
Urban Informal Settlements ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article explores how women front-line workers engage with domestic and gender-based violence in the urban informal settlements of Dharavi in Mumbai, India. We conducted in-depth interviews with 13 voluntary front-line workers, along with ethnographic fieldwork in Dharavi, as a part of a pilot study. Our findings contribute to literature on context-specific approaches to understanding gender-based violence and “models” to prevent domestic violence in urban micro-spaces. Furthermore, we also discuss notions of “change” ( badlaav) that the front-line workers experience. Finally, this article presents implications for socially engaged ethnographic research, as well as contextual and grounded insights on ways to reduce gender-based and domestic violence.

Photos from the Quarter

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-112
Keyword(s):  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Israeli Occupation

This sample of photos from 16 August–15 November 2019 aims to convey a sense of Palestinian life during this quarter. The images capture Palestinians across the diaspora as they fight to exercise their rights: to run for office, to vote, and to protest both Israeli occupation and gender-based violence.

A Study on Site Suitability of the Secondary School Teacher Education Curriculum Focusing on Science and Math Subject

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung Jung Kim ◽  
Soo Jeung Lee ◽  
Jung Cheol Shin ◽  
Jae Geun Kim ◽  
June hee Yoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Secondary School Teacher ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Site Suitability ◽  
Teacher Education Curriculum

THE SINS OF THE FATHER: GENDER- BASED VIOLENCE IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn Snodgrass
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Black Women ◽  
South African ◽  
African Women ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
South African Women

This article explores the complexities of gender-based violence in post-apartheid South Africa and interrogates the socio-political issues at the intersection of class, ‘race’ and gender, which impact South African women. Gender equality is up against a powerful enemy in societies with strong patriarchal traditions such as South Africa, where women of all ‘races’ and cultures have been oppressed, exploited and kept in positions of subservience for generations. In South Africa, where sexism and racism intersect, black women as a group have suffered the major brunt of this discrimination and are at the receiving end of extreme violence. South Africa’s gender-based violence is fuelled historically by the ideologies of apartheid (racism) and patriarchy (sexism), which are symbiotically premised on systemic humiliation that devalues and debases whole groups of people and renders them inferior. It is further argued that the current neo-patriarchal backlash in South Africa foments and sustains the subjugation of women and casts them as both victims and perpetuators of pervasive patriarchal values.

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