There are multifaceted, complex and inter-related issues underlying both of these phenomena. One area that is gaining attention and being increasingly analyzed and acted upon by grassroots women’s organizations is the interplay of women’s access to, control and ownership of land and housing and HIV. Ownership of housing and land are significant components of a woman’s overall well-being and security. Practices that exclude and deny women adequate rights to land and housing have a complex relationship to HIV and AIDS - increasing women’s ability to claim, gain and maintain ownership of land and housing may be central.
