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Gender issues are central to the causes and impact of the ongoing
AIDS epidemic. The editors bring together cutting edge contemporary
scholarship on gender and AIDS in one volume. They address
questions related to gender and sexuality, how women and men live
the epidemic differently and how such differences lead to different
outcomes. The volume joins research on Africa, Asia and Latin
America and illustrates how the epidemic has different gendered
characteristics, causes and consequences in different regions.
Collectively, the chapters demonstrate the fundamental ways that
gender influences the spread of the disease, its impact and the
success of prevention efforts. This scholarly, interdisciplinary
volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the themes and
issues of gender, AIDS and global public health and informs
students, policy makers and practitioners of the complexity of the
gendered nature of AIDS.
This book examines the role of post-conflict memorial arts in
bringing about gender justice in transitional societies. Art and
post-violence memorialisation are currently widely debated.
Scholars of human rights and of commemorative arts discuss the
aesthetics and politics not only of sites of commemoration, but of
literature, poetry, visual arts and increasingly, film and comics.
Art, memory and activism are also increasingly intertwined. But
within the literature around post-conflict transitional justice and
critical human rights studies, there is little questioning about
what memorial arts do for gender justice, how women and men are
included and represented, and how this intertwines with other
questions of identity and representation, such as race and
ethnicity. The book brings together research from scholars around
the world who are interested in the gendered dimensions of
memory-making in transitional societies. Addressing a global range
of cases, including genocide, authoritarianism, civil war,
electoral violence and apartheid, they consider not only the
gendered commemoration of past violence, but also the possibility
of producing counter-narratives that unsettle and challenge
established stereotypes. Aimed at those interested in the fields of
transitional justice, memory studies, post-conflict peacebuilding,
human rights and gender studies, this book will appeal to
academics, researchers and practitioners.
This book examines the role of post-conflict memorial arts in
bringing about gender justice in transitional societies. Art and
post-violence memorialisation are currently widely debated.
Scholars of human rights and of commemorative arts discuss the
aesthetics and politics not only of sites of commemoration, but of
literature, poetry, visual arts and increasingly, film and comics.
Art, memory and activism are also increasingly intertwined. But
within the literature around post-conflict transitional justice and
critical human rights studies, there is little questioning about
what memorial arts do for gender justice, how women and men are
included and represented, and how this intertwines with other
questions of identity and representation, such as race and
ethnicity. The book brings together research from scholars around
the world who are interested in the gendered dimensions of
memory-making in transitional societies. Addressing a global range
of cases, including genocide, authoritarianism, civil war,
electoral violence and apartheid, they consider not only the
gendered commemoration of past violence, but also the possibility
of producing counter-narratives that unsettle and challenge
established stereotypes. Aimed at those interested in the fields of
transitional justice, memory studies, post-conflict peacebuilding,
human rights and gender studies, this book will appeal to
academics, researchers and practitioners.
As the only male head of state to address the Fourth World
Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, Alberto Fujimori projected
an image as a promoter of progressive policies to improve the
condition of women, especially the poor, in society. And indeed,
during his tenure, the Peruvian government did pursue such policies
in several areas, including poverty relief, population control, and
domestic violence. In Intersecting Inequalities, Jelke Boesten uses
these policies as case studies, examining the relationship between
gender/race/class/ethnic divisions and the state in its project of
nation-building. Her investigation reveals that policies meant to
further women's development and emancipation often reproduced the
marginality they were supposed to fight. She also explores the
strategies women developed to negotiate with and challenge the
state.
In this provocative study of poor women's organizations in Peru in
the 1990s, Jelke Boesten raises most of the fundamental issues of
transnational feminism and development facing the world today.
Focusing on reproductive rights, domestic violence, and poverty
relief, Intersecting Inequalities examines some of the ways in
which women's local organizations in the global South, particularly
in Peru, have wrestled with authoritarian and violent governments,
tangled with women's national and international nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs), and faced down mates and other family members
who wanted to maintain existing social relations. Avoiding easy
answers, Boesten points to some of the successes and pitfalls in
seeking health care, freedom from violence, and adequate food
supplies to show how women's groups can promote either progressive
or right-wing political policies. This gripping book is a must-read
for historians of transnational feminism, policy makers, leaders of
NGOs, and others hoping to create new institutions to solidify
social citizenship and justice for women around the world. --Temma
Kaplan, Rutgers University, author of Crazy for Democracy: Women in
Grassroots Movements and Taking Back the Streets: Women, Youth, and
Direct Democracy. ""Intersecting Inequalities is an innovative,
nuanced exploration of women's organizations and state policy
frameworks in contemporary Peru. By using the lens of
intersectionality to frame her study, Boesten provides us with a
remarkable account of how gender, race, ethnicity, and class
intersect to (re)produce marginality in the lives of indigenous and
mestiza women as they interact with public institutions, NGOs, and
even feminists. Her interdisciplinary approach challenges the very
foundations of traditional social science fields and begs us to ask
pressing questions about how neocolonial societal institutions and
neoliberal policy processes continue to stratify Latin American
societies and create irreconcilable differences among women--the
supposed beneficiaries of modern feminism."" --Amy Lind, University
of Cincinnati. As the only male head of state to address the Fourth
World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, Alberto Fujimori
projected an image as a promoter of progressive policies to improve
the condition of women, especially the poor, in society. And indeed
the Peruvian government did pursue such policies during his tenure
in such areas as poverty relief, population control, and domestic
violence. These policies are used as case studies in this book to
examine the relationship between gender/race/class/ethnic divisions
and the state in its project of nation-building. This investigation
reveals that policy meant to further womens development and
emancipation often reproduced the marginality it was supposed to
fight and depicts the strategies women developed to negotiate with
and challenge the state.
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