Social networks, migration, and care in Tanzania

Evans, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4599-5270 (2005) Social networks, migration, and care in Tanzania. Journal of Children and Poverty, 11 (2). pp. 111-129. ISSN 1079-6126 doi: 10.1080/10796120500195527

Abstract/Summary

This paper explores the impacts of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on children and families in northern Tanzania using the concept of social resilience.1 The study is based on the findings of childfocused research with street children and children and families from HIV/AIDS-affected households. The paper illustrates the coping strategies that children and young people, and parents and caregivers adopt at the household level. In particular, it examines how the burden of care affects different generations of women and highlights their resilience, together with the importance of social networks and the fluidity of movement between rural and urban areas. The research suggests that migrating to urban areas to seek a living in the informal sector represents a survival strategy adopted by some children and young people orphaned by AIDS when their families and communities are unable or unwilling to support them. The paper concludes by exploring parents’, caregivers’, children’s, and young people’s views on the forms of social support that would promote their resilience and thereby help to mitigate the impacts of the epidemic at the household level.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/24445
Identification Number/DOI	10.1080/10796120500195527
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Geography and Environmental Science Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Human Environments
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
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