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• Political Science


• The Consequences of Casual Labor on Food Security

Between September 200X and May 200X, I propose to study the relationship between household food security, casual labor and AIDS in rural Malawi. I am interested in the changing role of casual labor as a response to the combined stress of food insecurity and AIDS. In particular, I will consider how women's involvement in casual labor, primarily transactional sex for food or cash, may be creating a cyclical link between hunger and AIDS.