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Report on FAO/SARPN Workshop on HIV/AIDS and Land
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Participants agreed that the studies represented important and groundbreaking research into a neglected area. The interaction between people addressing HIV/AIDS issues and those addressing land issues had provided valuable new insights. Participants agreed that this area of cooperation needed to be pursued.
Participants agreed on the need to take the information and knowledge gained from the studies and the workshop back to their countries to try to secure policy interventions. Those from Kenya and Lesotho undertook to link their reports into policy processes in these countries. Martin Adams, one of the discussants at the workshop, is working closely with the Kenya Land Alliance and will be using the research to look at how constitutional obligations can be met by the Kenyan government. There was a suggestion that the Lesotho team could get together with them to look at ways to take the process further in Lesotho. Oxfam have already taken their research to the government in Malawi.
Methodological problems encountered in these studies will be important for informing any subsequent studies, with the range of methodological issues outlined in this report providing some guidance.
A web site will be set up to provide access to the information and contact between people concerned with HIV/AIDS and land issues. SARPN aims not only to provide an accessible repository of knowledge but also to support the development of networks to disseminate and apply that knowledge. It will also provide access to the methodology and content of the studies. Any feedback on the studies or the discussion at the workshop is welcome.
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