The article addresses a pertinent issue of providing support to home-based care providers in the context of HIV and AIDS. It highlights the important work performed by home-based care providers in resource-poor communities where HIV pandemic has taken its toll. Due to the severe impact of the HIV pandemic, many Southern African states are faced with challenges of providing quality care to in and out of hospital patients. In this background, home-based care has been promoted and there is an increasing number of organisations providing home-based care. However, despite the increasing importance of home-based care in communities affected by the HIV pandemic, there has been little discussion on the rights of home-based care providers and the need to apply a rights-based approach to supporting and managing home-based care provider. The article endeavours to fill the gap by examining the needs and aspirations of home-based care providers through a rights-based approach. 2

Keywords: Rights-based approach, Home-based care, Human rights, Gender, Women, HIV and AIDS, Health care