Women, poverty and HIV/AIDS : a challenge to women's spirituality : a case study of Mpererwe Township, Kampala-Uganda.
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This study is designed to assess the causes and the effects of poverty and HIV/AIDS on women's spirituality. A case study of Mpererwe Township in Kampala, Uganda was chosen because this researcher has been staying in this township now for 7 years; and has seen most women experiencing difficulties in their daily lives. Poverty and HIV/AIDS among women of Mpererwe Township is a much-needed area of study because the majority of women's lives and their contribution to development have been hampered by economic, religious, political, social and cultural structures. However, all in all, the purpose of this social analysis was first, to identify the factors that render Mpererwe women to be vulnerable to ill situations that pave the way to poverty and HIV/AIDS conditions. Then thereafter, to suggest strategies that may transform the physical, political, religious, economic and social life of women in Mpererwe Township.
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Thesis (M.Th.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2006.
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AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--Uganda., AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity., Church work with the sick--Uganda., Church work with the poor--Uganda., Church work with women--Uganda., Women--Africa--Social conditions., Poverty--Religious aspects--Uganda., Women--Religious life., Spirituality--Uganda., Sex role--Uganda., Theses--Theology.