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Eswatini: how social pressures and poverty affect the ability of children to navigate school

Eswatini: how social pressures and poverty affect the ability of children to navigate school

THE population of Eswatini (previously called Swaziland) is slightly below 1.2 million people, and about 58.9% of the people live below the nationally defined poverty line – living on less than US$1.9 a day. For years Eswatini has also had the highest prevalence of HIV and AIDS in the world. In 2019, about 27% of the country’s population was HIV positive. Author NCAMSILE MOTSA, Post Doctoral Researcher, School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal One of the devastating effects of HIV and AIDS, coupled with poverty, has been the escalating numbers of vulnerable children in the country. For example, in 2012,…
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Exposed: Ghana sexual abuse scandal

Exposed: Ghana sexual abuse scandal

EMMA FARGE and ALESSANDRA PRENTICE EXECUTIVES of a Ghanaian organisation supporting people living with HIV and AIDS demanded sex acts and money in exchange for access to benefits, the Global Fund said in an investigation into the group it funded. The 18-page report entitled "Misconduct affecting Global Fund grants" details how representatives of the Ghana Network Association of People Living with HIV (NAP+) "abused their positions of power and fostered a culture of sexual and financial exploitation". Neither the allegations nor the findings have previously been made public. "Multiple NAP+ executives demanded that program members engage in sexual conduct or…
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