In this Book
- Women Resisting AIDS: Feminist Strategies of Empowerment
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Temple University Press
summary
This collection of original essays discusses the increasingly rapid spread of AIDS among women, considering the varying experiences and responses of women of color, lesbians, and economically impoverished women. The essays range widely from policy assessments to case studies, focusing on women as sufferers, caretakers, policy activists, community organizers, and educators.
Table of Contents
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- Contributors
- pp. ix-xii
- PART I. Women Confront the Problem of AIDS
- PART II. Women and the Problems of HIV Prevention
- PART III. Women Organize AIDS Care and Foster Social Change
- CAL-PEP: The Struggle to Survive
- pp. 208-218
- Action-Research and Empowerment in Africa
- pp. 246-269
- The Role of Nurses in the HIV Epidemic
- pp. 286-297
- PART IV. Problems and Policies for Women in the Future
- How AIDS Changes Development Priorities
- pp. 335-339
Additional Information
ISBN
9781439901557
Related ISBN(s)
9781566392686, 9781566392693
MARC Record
OCLC
435671350
Pages
339
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1995
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