Abstract : This rapid assessment examined correlations between the HIV/AIDS pandemic and child labour in Zambia. The report aims at: assessing the extent to which HIV/AIDS has had an impact on child labour, both directly and indirectly; analysing the impact of HIV/AIDS-related child labour on the welfare of children in terms of their health, education, etc; assessing gender issues related to HIV/AIDS, as well as analysing the coping or survival strategies of girls and boys, including AIDS orphans; assessing the child labourers' awareness and knowledge of HIV/AIDS; and generating data that could assist policy and intervention strategies on behalf of child labourers. This research was conducted in three provinces: Copperbelt, Eastern, and Lusaka. The sample included 306 child labourers: 211 boys and 95 girls in the five to 16-year age group. The study applied a triangulatory approach involving: 15 focus group discussions (FGDs) five groups per study area, each involving ten participants; 34 in-depth interviews (13 on the Copperbelt, 11 in the Eastern Province, and ten in Lusaka); and a questionnaire survey of 122 children (41 each for the Copperbelt and Eastern Provinces, and 40 for Lusaka). The relatively small study sample was sufficient for a rapid assessment which, as a qualitative study, seeks to provide insight into the respondents' lives. Even children involved in prostitution were interviewed in the places they frequented. (author's)
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