14 Jun 2005: ISS Seminar, Pretoria: AIDS, Orphans, Crime and Instability: Exploring the Linkages

ISS SEMINAR:
AIDS, ORPHANS, CRIME AND INSTABILITY: EXPLORING THE LINKAGES
Tuesday, 14 June 2005

 

CRIME AND JUSTICE PROGRAMME

 

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ISS Presentation: AIDS, Orphans, Crime and Instability: Exploring the Linkages

UNICEF Presentation: Children Orphaned and Made Vulnerable by HIV/AIDS

 

The idea that growing numbers of children orphaned by AIDS could pose a serious threat to individual and communal security in some African countries has gained substantial currency over the last five years. Consequently, few discussions on the effects of HIV/AIDS now fail to mention the seemingly common-sense connection between rising numbers of impoverished orphans and increasing levels of crime and conflict.

 

This connection is presented as a neat, linear relationship. Is this the case? Do children orphaned by AIDS represent a unique threat to security and stability or do they pose a predominantly humanitarian problem? Are there factors that may make a difference in determining the ultimate impact of the epidemic for both parentless young people and society?

 

Speakers will include:

 

Stanley Phiri: Children and AIDS Advisor, UNICEF East and southern Africa regional Office

 

Robyn Pharoah: Senior researcher on the AIDS and Security project.

 

Taya Weiss: Consultant with extensive experience working in West Africa.

 

Date:Tuesday 14th of June 2005

Time:10h00 – 12h30 (a light lunch will be served)

Venue: ISS, Block C, Brooklyn Court, Veale Street East, Pretoria

RSVP: Ms Busiswa Gaya, e-mail: [email protected].

 

tel: (012) 346-9500 or fax (012) 460-0997/8

 

Parking is available at Brooklyn Mall & ABSA parkades at your own cost.

 

 

This seminar is made possible through the generous assistance of the Ford Foundation.