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HOW SAFE SPACES FOR GIRLS REDUCE HIV AND AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA RESEARCH FROM KWAZULU-NATAL
IN SOUTH AFRICA SHOWS THAT WHEN GIRLS HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE SPACES LIKE SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, THEIR SEXUAL HEALTH IMPROVES
GIRLS FROM KWAZULU-NATAL BELONGING TO SPORTS GROUPS MUCH
LESS OVER 11X
MORE
COMMUNITY GROUPS
LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN RAPED
LIKELY TO HAVE USED A CONDOM
LESS
LIKELY TO HAVE EVER HAD SEX
LESS
LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN RAPED
MORE
LIKELY TO HAVE USED A CONDOM
BUT... OF GIRLS (VS 1/4 OF BOYS) DO NOT BELONG TO A SPORTS OR COMMUNITY GROUP, WHICH MEANS THEY DON'T GET THE SOCIAL BENEFITS OF BELONGING TO SUCH GROUPS. MANY ARE ISOLATED AND VULNERABLE
WHICH IS WHY... JUST 57% OF
81% OF
VS DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS HAVING MANY FRIENDS
JUST 46% OF
6% OF
VS REPORT THEIR FIRST SEXUAL ENCOUNTER AS UNWILLING
THE SOLUTION THE SIYAKHA NENTSHA COMMUNITY GROUP, RUN BY THE POPULATION COUNCIL WITH THE ISIHLANGU HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, WORKS WITH VULNERABLE GIRLS IN KWAZULU-NATAL TO IMPROVE...
FINANCIAL SKILLS
HEALTH SKILLS
SOCIAL SKILLS
359 GIRLS
80 HOURS
COMMUNITY INCLUSION
ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE
MANY GIRLS REPORTED
75% OF GIRLS HAD DISCUSSED
FEELING GREATER SOCIAL INCLUSION AS A RESULT OF HAVING GREATER FINANCIAL CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES
FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING SINCE TAKING PART (UP FROM 27%)
50% MORE
GIRLS SAVED MONEY THAN NON PARTICIPANTS
SEXUAL HEALTH GIRLS WHO WERE THINKING ABOUT THEIR FUTURE FINANCES WERE
MORE
LIKELY TO TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT HIV INFECTION
SINCE THIS 2008 RESEARCH MORE THAN
1,400
HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SIYAKHA NENTSHA.
CHILDREN
WITH MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS WE COULD MAKE SERIOUS PROGRESS IN PREVENTING HIV AND REDUCING POVERTY.
SOURCES K. HALLMAN, M. CALDERON, K. GOVENDER, E. ROCA, E. MBATHA, M.ROGAN, H. TABOADA, S. SIEMA, J. FAULS, R. BROWN AND M. BURROWS. 2012. ‘SIYAKHA NENTSHA: AN EXPERIMENT TO BUILD SOCIAL, HEALTH AND FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES OF VULNERABLE GIRLS AND BOYS IN KWAZULU-‐NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA’. PRESENTATION AT THE 2012 POPULATION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. ‘ADOLESCENT SOCIAL EXCLUSION: THE GENDERING OF HIV RISK IN KWAZULU-‐NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA’ BY KELLY HALLMAN BRUCE, JUDITH AND HALLMAN, KELLY (2008) 'REACHING THE GIRLS LEFT BEHIND', GENDER & DEVELOPMENT, 16:2, 227-‐245
GIRLS ARE THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE FOR CHANGE ON THE PLANET. WELCOME TO THE GIRL EFFECT.
IN SOUTH AFRICA SHOWS THAT WHEN GIRLS HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE SPACES LIKE SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, THEIR SEXUAL HEALTH IMPROVES
GIRLS FROM KWAZULU-NATAL BELONGING TO SPORTS GROUPS MUCH
LESS OVER 11X
MORE
COMMUNITY GROUPS
LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN RAPED
LIKELY TO HAVE USED A CONDOM
LESS
LIKELY TO HAVE EVER HAD SEX
LESS
LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN RAPED
MORE
LIKELY TO HAVE USED A CONDOM
BUT... OF GIRLS (VS 1/4 OF BOYS) DO NOT BELONG TO A SPORTS OR COMMUNITY GROUP, WHICH MEANS THEY DON'T GET THE SOCIAL BENEFITS OF BELONGING TO SUCH GROUPS. MANY ARE ISOLATED AND VULNERABLE
WHICH IS WHY... JUST 57% OF
81% OF
VS DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS HAVING MANY FRIENDS
JUST 46% OF
6% OF
VS REPORT THEIR FIRST SEXUAL ENCOUNTER AS UNWILLING
THE SOLUTION THE SIYAKHA NENTSHA COMMUNITY GROUP, RUN BY THE POPULATION COUNCIL WITH THE ISIHLANGU HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, WORKS WITH VULNERABLE GIRLS IN KWAZULU-NATAL TO IMPROVE...
FINANCIAL SKILLS
HEALTH SKILLS
SOCIAL SKILLS
359 GIRLS
80 HOURS
COMMUNITY INCLUSION
ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE
MANY GIRLS REPORTED
75% OF GIRLS HAD DISCUSSED
FEELING GREATER SOCIAL INCLUSION AS A RESULT OF HAVING GREATER FINANCIAL CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES
FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING SINCE TAKING PART (UP FROM 27%)
50% MORE
GIRLS SAVED MONEY THAN NON PARTICIPANTS
SEXUAL HEALTH GIRLS WHO WERE THINKING ABOUT THEIR FUTURE FINANCES WERE
MORE
LIKELY TO TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT HIV INFECTION
SINCE THIS 2008 RESEARCH MORE THAN
1,400
HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SIYAKHA NENTSHA.
CHILDREN
WITH MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS WE COULD MAKE SERIOUS PROGRESS IN PREVENTING HIV AND REDUCING POVERTY.
SOURCES K. HALLMAN, M. CALDERON, K. GOVENDER, E. ROCA, E. MBATHA, M.ROGAN, H. TABOADA, S. SIEMA, J. FAULS, R. BROWN AND M. BURROWS. 2012. ‘SIYAKHA NENTSHA: AN EXPERIMENT TO BUILD SOCIAL, HEALTH AND FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES OF VULNERABLE GIRLS AND BOYS IN KWAZULU-‐NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA’. PRESENTATION AT THE 2012 POPULATION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. ‘ADOLESCENT SOCIAL EXCLUSION: THE GENDERING OF HIV RISK IN KWAZULU-‐NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA’ BY KELLY HALLMAN BRUCE, JUDITH AND HALLMAN, KELLY (2008) 'REACHING THE GIRLS LEFT BEHIND', GENDER & DEVELOPMENT, 16:2, 227-‐245
GIRLS ARE THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE FOR CHANGE ON THE PLANET. WELCOME TO THE GIRL EFFECT.
