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Because of temptations: Children, sex and HIV/AIDS in Tanzania

Children's sexual behaviour is a controversial issue. Stories of sugar daddies, survival sex, abuse, and teenage pregnancies have provoked much moral debate in both developed and developing countries. Yet due to the sensitive nature of the topic, little research has been done that actually provides insight into how children themselves perceive and experience sexuality and sexual relationships.

In this provocative book, Miranda van Reeuwijk explores the reasons why children in Northwest Tanzania engage in sex or abstain from it, and what sex and relationships mean to them.

She innovatively involves children as co-researchers and reaches an in-depth understanding of what is at stake for children in the area of sexual behaviour. The author critically reflects on why so many prevention programmes and interventions fail to change sexual behaviour and what is needed to encourage the well-being of children and adolescents.

Miranda van Reeuwijk obtained a master's degree in medicine and a PhD in medical anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. She has conducted research on children, youth and sexuality in various countries in Africa and Asia. She is currently working as a researcher and consultant for the International Programme on Youth and Sexuality of Rutgers WPF in Utrecht.

About the publication

The book was published in the "Health, Culture & Society" series of the division Medical Anthropology and Sociology of the University of Amsterdam. Miranda van Reeuwijk, Because of temptations: Children, sex and HIV/AIDS in Tanzania. Diemen: AMB Publishing. 243 pp, ISBN 97890 79700 22 6.