Resource Title

This Is What Has Happened

Summary

Through the use of photography and story telling, this report and accompanying photopack explores the human face behind the statistics of HIV and AIDS and its impact on Zambia in Southern Africa.

Resource Details

Author: Valerie Duffy and Ciara Regan
Publisher: 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World
Country of Publication: Ireland
Year: 2010
ISBN: 9780956718518
Page Count: 94

Intended Audiences: 16+ years, Adult and Community Settings, Higher Education, Senior Cycle, Transition Year, Youth Groups
Formats: Images, Report, Website
Topics: Development, Gender, HIV and AIDS, Human Rights, Violence, Women, Women's Rights
Country of Focus: Zambia

Description

The report – This is What Has Happened, and photopack – The Lives we Live, focuses directly on the vulnerabilities of women as a result of the beliefs, values and structures that perpetuate their subordination in Zambian society. The report describes the dignity, resolve and strength of women in confronting these realities. There are 17 stories of real people – nurses, doctors, farmers, teachers fishermen, traditional leaders, etc. – who talk about what being infected means, how they feel and how they are coping and “presents the picture of the AIDS epidemic’s preferential option for women.” The report explicitly focuses on the vulnerability of women in five key areas – Bio medical, economic, social and cultural, legal and political, and educational vulnerabilities – and includes commentaries from HIV and AIDS professionals and activists.

The photopack focuses more broadly on the situation of women’s rights in Zambia and facilitates and supports a popular educational approach to learning. Includes 32 photographs and 10 suggested activities for using them; suggested key questions and key words in exploring the photographs and issues; 24 theme focussed activities and information on key dimensions on human development.

Big Ideas in this Resource

Stimulate debate and discussion on women’s rights and vulnerabilities as they relate to HIV and AIDS
Provides first hand accounts of the issues of living with HIV and AIDS in a Zambian context
outlines the subordinated realities as experienced by women in Zambia
includes an interactive dimension in exploring these realities

Available from:

Printed resource cost €8. Available direct from 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World. Contact ciara@8020.ie or call +353(0)12860498.

Online version available at: developmenteducation.ie/features/this-is-what-has-happened/