Sex educator or change agent? Experiences of a sex(uality) peer education programme in an era of HIV and AIDS

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dc.contributor.advisorBennett, Janeen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorAfrica, Adeleneen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWolf, Kimberlyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T12:20:49Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T12:20:49Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDespite the popularity of sex(uality) peer education as an HIV prevention strategy within diverse contexts, an understanding of the experiences of those intimately placed within these programmes is limited. Instead, the majority of research in this field relies on hegemonic notions of rational human behaviour that operates under the assumption that knowledge leads to sexual behaviour change. This study explores peer facilitators, peer educators, and NGO staff experiences of a sex(uality) peer education programme in Cape Town, South Africa to understand meaning-making around sex(uality) peer education within the complex power dynamics of donor-NGO interactions. This study provides a critical case study of a schools-based sex(uality) peer education intervention, drawing on individual and focus group interviews. Using a feminist and gender lense, the study highlights a number of features of the programme and implementation, which reinforces gender inequalities and notions of a rational sexual being rather than creating channels for a new understanding of sex(uality) to emerge. These include peer facilitators’ and peer educators’ experience as change agents rather than sex educators, the preference for biomedical and socio-economic content over gender content, and the overall absence of a critical engagement with gender constructions and power dynamics in relationships. The study also points to the limits of donor-funded interventions, which tend to prescribe the content and scope of schools-based programmes, to the detriment of real engagement with issues that face and constrain the target group including the implications of what ‘sex(uality) education’ has come to mean for young men and women engaged in these interventions.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWolf, K. (2014). <i>Sex educator or change agent? Experiences of a sex(uality) peer education programme in an era of HIV and AIDS</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,African Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12999en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWolf, Kimberly. <i>"Sex educator or change agent? Experiences of a sex(uality) peer education programme in an era of HIV and AIDS."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,African Studies, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12999en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWolf, K. 2014. Sex educator or change agent? Experiences of a sex(uality) peer education programme in an era of HIV and AIDS. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Wolf, Kimberly AB - Despite the popularity of sex(uality) peer education as an HIV prevention strategy within diverse contexts, an understanding of the experiences of those intimately placed within these programmes is limited. Instead, the majority of research in this field relies on hegemonic notions of rational human behaviour that operates under the assumption that knowledge leads to sexual behaviour change. This study explores peer facilitators, peer educators, and NGO staff experiences of a sex(uality) peer education programme in Cape Town, South Africa to understand meaning-making around sex(uality) peer education within the complex power dynamics of donor-NGO interactions. This study provides a critical case study of a schools-based sex(uality) peer education intervention, drawing on individual and focus group interviews. Using a feminist and gender lense, the study highlights a number of features of the programme and implementation, which reinforces gender inequalities and notions of a rational sexual being rather than creating channels for a new understanding of sex(uality) to emerge. These include peer facilitators’ and peer educators’ experience as change agents rather than sex educators, the preference for biomedical and socio-economic content over gender content, and the overall absence of a critical engagement with gender constructions and power dynamics in relationships. The study also points to the limits of donor-funded interventions, which tend to prescribe the content and scope of schools-based programmes, to the detriment of real engagement with issues that face and constrain the target group including the implications of what ‘sex(uality) education’ has come to mean for young men and women engaged in these interventions. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Sex educator or change agent? Experiences of a sex(uality) peer education programme in an era of HIV and AIDS TI - Sex educator or change agent? Experiences of a sex(uality) peer education programme in an era of HIV and AIDS UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12999 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12999
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWolf K. Sex educator or change agent? Experiences of a sex(uality) peer education programme in an era of HIV and AIDS. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,African Studies, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12999en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentAfrican Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherAfrican Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleSex educator or change agent? Experiences of a sex(uality) peer education programme in an era of HIV and AIDSen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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