Young women working in SMEs are increasingly being affected by HIV and AIDS, and
SMEs are expected to respond to HIV and AIDS through workplace policies and
programmes. This requires commitment from SMEs to help young women who face
various gendered vulnerabilities to HIV and AIDs. The study, whose purpose was to
investigate young women workers’ experiences of the HIV and AIDS response of small
and medium enterprises in a semi urban area in KwaZulu-Natal, used a qualitative
approach and collected data from three SMEs in Pietermaritzburg during the period of
the study. Findings of the study indicate that the majority of respondents from all three
SMEs agree on experiencing limited or no HIV and AIDS policies and programmes in
SMEs. With reference to incomplete or limited responses, two SMEs provide financial
assistance for funerals. However, some aspects such as education and awareness,
monitoring, management commitment, provision of medical aid, facilitation of peer
education, appointment of an HIV officer and more were not evident. Thus
recommendations were made on how SMEs should respond, and future research ideas
were outlined. / Health Studies / M. A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/18308 |
| Date | 06 1900 |
| Creators | Mapungwana, Pheyiye |
| Contributors | Serote, A. C. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xii, 135 leaves) : 2 maps (color) |
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