‘What kind of future can we make: education, youth and HIV/AIDS’

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INTRODUCTION:
Guest editors RELEBOHILE MOLETSANE, ROBERT MORRELL, ELAINE UNTERHALTER and DEBBIE EPSTEIN introduce the issue.

A commentary on the colloquium: Instituting Gender Equality in Schools: Working in an HIV/AIDS Environment:
CATHERINE BURNS draws out significant themes that emerged at the colloquium.

The school setting: opportunities for integrating gender equality and HIV risk reduction interventions:
ROBERT MORRELL, RELEBOHILE MOLETSANE, QUARRAISHA ABDOOL-KARIM, DEBBIE EPSTEIN and ELAINE UNTERHALTER argue school-based HIV interventions offer an opportunity to transform gender, in schools and beyond.

The ingagara, the regte and the cherry - HIV/AIDS and youth culture in contemporary urban townships:
TERRY-ANN SELIKOW, BHEKI ZULU and EUGENE CEDRAS argue that the gender relations and violence in township youth culture make youth vulnerable to HIV.

Men make a difference - the construction of gendered student identities at the University of Botswana:
ROB PATTMAN argues that sex/AIDS education programmes should be informed by qualitative research into the identities of young men and women.

The social dynamics of adolescent risk for HIV - using research findings to design a school-based intervention:
ABIGAIL HARRISON discusses research into how social factors put youth in rural KwaZulu-Natal at risk of HIV, and how this research was used to design an intervention.

Stepping Stones - shifting gender inequities to combat HIV:
ALICE WELBOURN profiles an HIV intervention strategy that has succeeded in Africa, Asia and beyond, because it fosters local solutions to change behaviour and identity.

Masculinity in an HIV intervention:
Based on work at two Durban township schools, MARK THORPE argues space must be made for boy’s voices and the renegotiation of masculinity in youth HIV interventions.

Self-reported risk behaviour of learners at rural KwaZulu-Natal high schools:
MYRA TAYLOR, SIYABONGA DLAMINI, HONEST KAGORO, CHAMPAKLAL JINABHAI, RESHMA SATHIPARSAD and HEIN DE VRIES report on a study of the sexual behaviour of rural youth.

Schools - safe havens or sites of violence?:
VUSI KHOSA profiles the Safer Schools Intervention to address violence in schools – as a key factor affecting school programmes for HIV/AIDS and gender equity.

Sexuality education in a girls’ school in Eastern Uganda:
KIMBERLY BURNS argues that gender roles hinder sexuality education for girls in a Ugandan school, leaving girls vulnerable to HIV and pregnancy.

Black and gay: perceptions and interventions around HIV in Durban:
VASU REDDY and RONALD LOUW look at the sexual practices of African gay young men in Durban, and an HIV intervention that is attempting to make the needs of gay and lesbian youth visible.

The Department of Education’s Life Skills, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS Programme:
Agenda interviewed Sophia Ngcobo, KwaZulu-Natal coordinator of the Life Skills Programme to find out how the South African government is intervening in schools to address HIV/AIDS

Young women’s access to reproductive health-care in the context of HIV:
LIESL GERNHOLTZ and MARLISE RICHTER write it is essential that the needs of young women be considered in reproductive health services.

The Soft Cover project: youth participation in HIV/AIDS interventions:
SHANNON WALSH, CLAUDIA MITCHELL and ANN SMITH discuss the importance of enabling young people to be both producers and consumers of knowledge in HIV/AIDS programmes.

‘Plumber-girl’, ‘it’s a boy’s job’ - the gendering of measurement activities in school mathematics:
RENUKA VITHAL narrates how efforts to make mathematics learning relevant to everyday life brings gendered dynamics into the classroom.