HIV-related stigma, asset inheritance and chronic poverty: vulnerability and resilience of widows and caregiving children and youth in Tanzania and Uganda

Evans, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4599-5270 (2015) HIV-related stigma, asset inheritance and chronic poverty: vulnerability and resilience of widows and caregiving children and youth in Tanzania and Uganda. Progress in Development Studies, 15 (4). pp. 326-342. ISSN 1477-027X doi: 10.1177/1464993415592740

Abstract/Summary

This paper develops a framework of risk and protective factors to conceptualise the relationship between HIV-related stigma, asset inheritance and chronic poverty among widows and caregiving children and youth in eastern Africa. Analysis of two qualitative studies with 85 participants in rural and urban areas of Tanzania and Uganda reveals that gendered and generational inequalities and stigmatisation sometimes led to property grabbing and chronic poverty. Human and social capital and preventative measures however may help widows and caregiving young people in HIV-affected households to safeguard land and other assets, within a wider supportive environment that seeks to tackle structural inequalities.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/37818
Identification Number/DOI	10.1177/1464993415592740
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Human Environments Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Geography and Environmental Science
Uncontrolled Keywords	Risk and resilience Asset inheritance and disinheritance Chronic poverty HIV stigma Widows and caregiving children and young people Tanzania and Uganda
Publisher	Sage
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