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1. Accessing the ‘right’ kinds of material and symbolic capital: the role of cash transfers in reducing adolescent school absence and risky behaviour in South Africa

   This article investigates how well South Africa’s Child Support Grant (CSG) responds to the material and psychosocial needs of adolescents, and the resultant effects on schooling and risky behaviour. One driver of schooling decisions is shame related to poverty and the ‘social cost’ of school, where a premium must often be paid for fashionable clothes or accessories. The other driver relates to symbolic and consumptive capital gained through engaging in sexual exchange relationships. The anticipated impacts from the CSG are partial because of these non-material drivers of adolescent choices. …

2. A study of the association of HIV infection with wealth in sub-Saharan Africa

   This study examines the association between wealth and HIV serostatus to identify what specific characteristics and behaviors of the wealthier are associated with HIV infection, and to what extent confounding factors such as place of residence and other risk factors mediate this association. This study finds that, contrary to evidence for other infectious diseases and theoretical expectations, in sub-Saharan Africa HIV prevalence is not disproportionately higher among adults living in poorer households. …

3. Reviewing "emergencies" in HIV and AIDS-affected countries in southern Africa: shifting the paradigm in Lesotho

   Reviewing Emergencies in HIV and AIDS Affected Countries in Southern Africa: Shifting the Paradigm in Lesotho, examines the long term impacts of HIV and AIDS in Lesotho, questioning whether the population is experiencing an HIV and AIDS-induced humanitarian emergency comparable to Swaziland. The report is divided into five sections: First, an account of the history and progression of HIV and AIDS in Lesotho is provided. …

4. Youth and HIV/AIDS: can we avoid catastrophe?

   Over 60 million people who have been infected with HIV in the past 20 years, about half became infected between the ages of 15 and 24. Today, nearly 12 million young people are living with HIV/AIDS. Young women are several times more likely than young men to be infected with HIV. In nearly 20 African countries 5 percent or more of women ages 15 to 24 are infected. Such statistics underscore the urgent need to address HIV/AIDS among youth.

5. Reproductive health project for marginalised youth survey on attitudes and behaviour Phnom Penh and Kratie

   Reproductive health project for marginalised youth survey on attitudes and behaviour Phnom Penh and Kratie

6. Socio-cultural aspects of menstruation in an urban slum in Delhi, India

   The paper attempts to understand the experience of menstruation in the socio-cultural context of an urban Indian slum. Observations were gathered as part of a larger study of reproductive tract infections in women in Delhi, using both qualitative and quantitative methods.