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This digital document is an article from Women in Action, published by Isis International on April 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2027 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: Women have to cope as AIDS, economic woes afflict Zambia. (women negotiating personal spaces).
Author: Jack Zimba
Publication: Women in Action (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2003
Publisher: Isis International
Issue: 1 Page: 10(3)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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The HIV/AIDS pandemic is taking its toll; unemployment is soaring. Husbands are fleeing from home, and women have to fend for their children. This is the glum scenario taking place in many African countries south of the Sahara.
When Chuckie Kasoka married her husband 11 years ago, it was a time of joy. She never imagined that one day she would have to stand up to the challenges of life alone as a single parent, with five children to raise.