The perceptions and attitudes of adolescent street girls on the use of traditional medicine and commercial sex work in Harare Central Business District

Chikoko, Witness; Muzvidziwa, Victor N.; Ruparanganda, Watch; Chikoko, Emelia

doi:10.15641/dande.v2i2.52

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“…The children involved all display a range of negative emotions, which include feelings of helplessness and hopelessness, or even suicidal thoughts. Furthermore, drug use provides an escape from reality and a solution enabling the children to remain in the streets "emotionally," yet entails a whole range of additional health risks that may even threaten their very survival (e.g., unprotected sexual intercourse resulting in exposure to STDs, sexual harassment) (Chikoko et al, , 2019Gigengack, 2006;Johnson et al, 2018;Kombarakaran, 2004). For instance, in a study of street children in Mexico, Gigengack (2006) stresses how their daily survival strategies comprised in the acquisition and consumption of glues and solvents.…”

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When Agency Turns Into a Risk Factor: A Literature Review of the Negative Consequences of Children’s Agentic Behaviors on Their Physical and Psychological Well-Being

Cavazzoni

Fiorini

Veronese

2021

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Background: Research has widely documented how, even in conditions of extreme poverty, deprivation, or oppression, children are competent and situated actors, capable of actively mobilizing internal, external, or social resources to protect themselves from their environments and safeguard their everyday lives. Yet, the ways in which their agency might support their well-being or instead increase their own vulnerability has remained underexplored. Aims: The present study aims to provide an assessment of all those contributions which, over the past 20 years, have focused on both the positive and negative consequences of children’s actionability, revealing children’s self-destructive acts alongside their self-empowering and protective ones. In the process, it highlights several major theoretical breakthroughs and findings in this area of research. Method: We provide an assessment of peer-reviewed studies that have focused on both positive and negative consequences of children’s actionability, through a qualitative narrative literature review. Results: Of the 168 studies identified from online searches of the literature and the three additional sources gathered through bibliography mining, 76 qualified for full review, with 12 studies included in the final synthesis. Overall, the literature explored the different conditions in which children’s agentic practices expose them to trauma symptoms and to dangerous or self-harmful situations, thereby failing to safeguard their health and overall well-being. Conclusion: The review highlights the need to focus on the dangerous effect of the agentic practices activated by children in terms of their physical and psychological health.

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Section: Agency As An Act Out Of Terrormentioning

confidence: 99%

When Agency Turns Into a Risk Factor: A Literature Review of the Negative Consequences of Children’s Agentic Behaviors on Their Physical and Psychological Well-Being

Cavazzoni

Fiorini

Veronese

2021

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Scoping review of discourses on masturbation in Africa: an afrofeminist analysis

Fiaveh

2024

Journal of Gender Studies

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The Quest for Survival: Street Children and the Informal Sector in Zimbabwe

Gunhidzirai

2023

SAJSWSD

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Despite an increase in studies focusing on street children in Zimbabwe, there is limited research on street children in the informal sector. In this article, I explore the informal activities of street children in their quest to survive on the streets of the Harare Metropolitan Municipality in Zimbabwe. The survey data were derived from 202 street children aged between 6 and 18 years who were purposively selected in the Harare Metropolitan Province. A descriptive research design and a questionnaire were used to collect quantitative data. The article draws from the resilience theory that informs various survival strategies adopted by street children in response to stresses and shocks triggered by the harsh economic environment in Zimbabwe. The quantitative data gathered were analysed using descriptive analysis and presented in the form of pie charts, bar graphs and tables. The findings revealed that street children are embarking on livelihood activities such as street vending, car washing, street parking, waste recycling, luggage carrying and various part-time jobs. Furthermore, the findings indicated that the by-laws of the City of Harare restrict informal activities on the street, leading to livelihood strategies such as bribery of the municipal authorities, nocturnal trading and whistling to alert others that they are being raided. Drawing on the findings of the study, it was concluded that, contrary to dominant theoretical and empirical works that conceptualise street children as helpless, street children have the agency to engage actively in creative survival strategies.

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The perceptions and attitudes of adolescent street girls on the use of traditional medicine and commercial sex work in Harare Central Business District

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

When Agency Turns Into a Risk Factor: A Literature Review of the Negative Consequences of Children’s Agentic Behaviors on Their Physical and Psychological Well-Being

When Agency Turns Into a Risk Factor: A Literature Review of the Negative Consequences of Children’s Agentic Behaviors on Their Physical and Psychological Well-Being

Scoping review of discourses on masturbation in Africa: an afrofeminist analysis

The Quest for Survival: Street Children and the Informal Sector in Zimbabwe

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