HIV/AIDS
Forthcoming Events
HIV/AIDS, Livelihoods and Gender at the LSE 4th September 2004
The second Study Group workshop was convened by Professor Tony Barnett of the Development Studies Institute, LSE and Dr Janet Seeley of the School of Development Studies, UEA, Norwich.
This was another very successful event – people leaving were heard to say “the best workshop I’ve been to in years” and “it may have been hot, but the day was worth it”.
Once again, the links between individual intimate behaviours and social and economic structures were understood to be of the greatest importance if we are to understand adequately the full range of policy issues that lie along the prevention, treatment, care, impact continuum. This workshop provided huge quantities of such insights.
Sarah Hawkes spoke about the ways that men perceive their sexuality and the reasons why they attend STI clinics in Asia. Eddie Allison discussed how fishermen construct their risky lives and brought interesting comparative data from across the world to illustrate his case. Janet Seeley showed how the riskiness of the socio-economic environment of fisher folk not only makes for higher levels of susceptibility to infection but also poses acute challenges for ARV programmes. Rachel Grellier reported on current research on how fishing communities in Uganda are affected by HIV/AIDS, the relation between government policy and fishing related livelihoods and the policy implications of this research.
Finally, Eleanor Hutchinson shared her detailed ethnographic evidence from Malawi on the ways that orphans and orphanhood are integrated to household livelihood strategies and considered in particular the social construction of orphanhood as a way of accessing resources.
The proceedings of this workshop will be published as a book.
Programme
09.30 - 09.45 |
Introduction |
09.45 - 10.45 |
“Talking to respondents and their penises” Sarah Hawkes, LSHTM |
10.45 - 11.00 |
Break |
11.00 - 12.00 |
“Fishing in risky waters: why are HIV prevalence rates so high in Sub-Saharan African and South East Asian fishing communities?” Eddie Allison, School of Development Studies, UEA |
12.00 - 13.00 |
“Tracking a moving target: why the social construction of gender among fisherfolk is a barrier to effective HIV and AIDS therapy” Janet Seeley, School of Development Studies, UEA |
13.00 - 14.00 |
Lunch |
14.00 - 15.00 |
“Are fish more important than people? The impact of new policies on livelihoods and vulnerability to HIV and AIDS in Ugandan fishing communities” Rachel Grellier, Options Consultancy Services |
15.00 - 16.00 |
"People who keep orphans are lucky": accessing resources in the context of orphan care programmes in peri urban MalawiEleanor Hutchinson, UCL |
16.00 - 16.30 |
Concluding Remarks |
For any further information about the conference or to reserve a place, please email Colette Clement on c.d.clement@lse.ac.uk
How to get to the LSE:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/mapsAndDirections/howToGetToLSE.htm
How to find Connaught House:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/mapsAndDirections/findingYourWayAroundLSE.htm#id2715154
Recent Events
29th April: "AIDS in Africa 2025: Three alternative Futures"
10th May: "Thinking about the Long Run economic Costs of AIDS"
HIV/AIDS: Why the Policies Do Not Work, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics, 14 February
Papers presented:
- Ken Shadlen (LSE) International Trade and HIV Treatments
- Suzette Heald and Tim Allen (LSE) What Works and What Does Not Work?
- Tony Barnett (LSE) HIV/AIDS: who might make things work?
- Heather Zhang (Derby) HIV/AIDS Policy in China
- James Putzel (LSE) HIV/AIDS and Government Policy
Papers from this session will be published in a special edition of Journal of International Development later this year.
Convenor
Tony Barnett (Email: a.s.barnett@lse.ac.uk)
Page last updated: 8 September, 2004