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Title: | Orphanhood, childhood and identity dilemma of child headed households in rural Zimbabwe in the context of HIV/AIDS pandemic |
Author: | Francis-Chizororo, Monica |
Year: | 2009 |
Periodical: | African Population Studies |
Volume: | 23 |
Pages: | 79-98 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Zimbabwe |
Subjects: | orphans rural households children |
Abstract: | Current estimates show that 1.1 million children in Zimbabwe have lost one or both parents due to HIV/AIDS. Consequently, the number of child-headed households is increasing. This article examines attitudes of the community towards orphaned children in 'child only' households and how these impact on the orphans' day-to-day life and their integration in society. Research was conducted in 2005 among five child-headed households in the rural areas of Mhondoro North District in Mashonaland West Province. The article shows that while orphans in these households were vulnerable, they exhibited considerable competence to sustain themselves. However, State and NGO definitions of childhood as well as cultural understandings of childhood produce new conceptual struggles of childhood that impact negatively on the integration of orphans in child only households in society and their adult responsibilities. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |