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HIV and AIDS (Paperback)
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HIV and AIDS (Paperback)
Series: Working in Gender & Development
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Discovery Miles 4 690
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This book takes a look at the key challenges of HIV and AIDS from a
gender perspective, and describes positive responses in areas of
the world as diverse as Cambodia, South Africa, the UK, and Papua
New Guinea. The impacts of HIV on women and men across the world
are devastating and wide-ranging. Girls may have to drop out of
school to look after sick relatives, boys to earn money. The death
of working-age adults can mean that surviving family members
struggle to get by, with grandparents shouldering the burden of
looking after orphaned grandchildren, often in dire poverty. Young
women may have to resort to sex work, and other risky survival
strategies to support themselves and their families. Young men are
growing up with ideas about masculinity that include violence and
the sexual domination of women, and would be ostracised by peers if
they acted otherwise, contributing to the spread of HIV. The
contributors analyse these contexts, exploring the links between
HIV, AIDS, gender inequality, and poverty. They present accounts of
successful interventions, recording experience, describing good
practice, and sharing information about resources. This book is
essential reading for development practitioners and policy makers
involved in responding to the HIV and AIDS crisis. Each title will
be edited by a key thinker in the field, and will include an
up-to-the- minute overview of current thinking and thoughts on
future policy responses.
General
Imprint: |
Oxfam Professional
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Working in Gender & Development |
Release date: |
December 2008 |
First published: |
May 2008 |
Authors: |
Alice Welbourn
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
160 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-85598-603-2 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-85598-603-4 |
Barcode: |
9780855986032 |
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