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Idasa – Governance and AIDS Programme Human Rights and Democratisation Jacqueline Nzisabira. Understanding AIDS-Induced Exclusion and its potential impact on Leadership . Presentation outline. Introduction Background Rationale Unpacking the concepts Current Objectives Future objectives
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Idasa – Governance and AIDS ProgrammeHuman Rights and Democratisation Jacqueline Nzisabira
Understanding AIDS-Induced Exclusion and its potential impact on Leadership
Presentation outline • Introduction • Background • Rationale • Unpacking the concepts • Current Objectives • Future objectives • Conclusion
Introduction • Background • Relevance of human right in the mission and vision of Idasa and GAP • Evidence of exclusion from participation in previous research
Introduction • Rationale • Conditions for a healthy democracy • Data linking Human Rights, Democratisation and HIV & AIDS is scarce. • Stigma and discrimination do prevent people from overall participation
Exploring the Concepts • Stigma and discrimination • Exclusion • Resilience
Stigma Violation or observation of Human rights Exclusion Discrimination Exploring the Concepts
Current Objectives • Current research objectives • Current research proposal • Advocacy and policy implications
EVIDENCE FROM THE PRIMARY DATA COLLECTION POLITICAL PARTICIPATION/EXCLUSION SOCIO/ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION/EXCLUSION 2nd level of analysis HIV and AIDS VULNERABILITY/RESILIENCE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION/EXCLUSION SOCIO/ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION/EXCLUSION 1st level of analysis EVIDENCE FROM CONSTITUTIONAL/POLICY/LEGAL FRAMWEWORK CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK Linking Governance, HIV and AIDS and Exclusion/participation: a framework
OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH • The major objective of this project is to gather empirical evidence on HIV and AIDS - induced exclusion for the aim of promoting participation of PLHIV. This will mean the following thematic areas: • Policy and legislation • Explore the extent to which stigma and discrimination related to HIV and AIDS has contributed to exclusion. • Describing the impact of the constitutional, policy and legal frameworks on Human Rights. • Document Resilience avenues
OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH 2. HIV and AIDS related participation/exclusion • In what ways are PLHIV excluded from political life? • In what ways are HIV and AIDS infected and affected citizens are excluded from social-economic life? • In what ways has the advent of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) influenced attitudes toward inclusion/exclusion of PLHIV?
OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH 3. Mitigation measures/resilience avenues • What measures are taken by the infected, affected, the state and non-stale actors in mitigating stigma and discriminations based on ones HIV status (resilience avenues).
Beyond theory • Empirical cases (SA): ultimate right violation: G Dlamini story, Mpho’s story • Social rights violation: Nkosi’s story • Workplace exclusion stories • Exclusion from families and communities
INDICATORS OF EXCLUSION • POLITICAL INDICATORS • Participation in electoral process • Representation in political process • Participation in political process. • ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF EXCLUSION • Labour market; • Ownership of the means of production; • Property ownership; • Insurance and other Financial Services; and • Other goods e.g. food.
INDICATORS OF EXCLUSION • Social Exclusion: • Education • Health • Reproductive and family life • Traditional land
CONCLUSION • Future Objectives • Specific vulnerability related to children infected by HIV
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