Smart partnership to provide platform for new resources, says King, Lesotho Today

The article may be used to:

1. Illustrate the importance of ensuring that the views of people who are directly affected by the issue, are heard in the article. 

 

Trainer’s Notes:

Although different sources were quoted, none were from the people who would directly benefit from the partnership.  Their concerns are not reflected in the article and it does not have a human face.  The article mentions HIV/AIDS as one of the challenges facing the continent but fails to explore its impact on economic development. The article fails to link HIV/AIDS to deepening levels of poverty, especially for women.

 

1. How important is a gender persepctive to any new campaign or initiative around HIV?

2. Discuss the gender aspect sof HIV and AIDS

Training Exercises:

1. Trainees should rewrite the article and examine the potential benefits of the partnership in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.  Trainees should identify who they would interview to ensure that the concerns of women and men are reflected. 

Links to Training Resources:

The Smart Partnership of Lesotho – www.smart.org.ls

Gender and HIV/AIDS: A Training Manual for Southern African Media and Communicators, Gender Links and the AIDS Law Project, Chapter 4, www.genderlinks.org.za www.genderlinks.org.za/docs/training/hiv-training-manual/hiv-ch4.pdf  and Chapter 8 www.genderlinks.org.za/docs/training/hiv-training-manual/hiv-ch8.pdf