Local Women, Global Science Download

Author: Karen M. Booth
Edition:
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0253216400
Category: Medical

Local Women, Global Science: Fighting AIDS in Kenya

There is evidence that women who live in societies that uphold male privilege-the majority of the world's women-are at increased risk for HIV infection. Download Local Women, Global Science medical books for free.
In Local Women, Global Science, Karen M. Booth looks closely at the operation of two clinics for sexually transmitted diseases in Nairobi, Kenya, and explores how internationally funded and nationally sanctioned interventions to stop the spread of HIV have focused almost exclusively on the sexual and reproductive behaviors of those who are least able to challenge male power and dominance-working-class and poor women. Moving past the current politics of development, women's health, and AIDS prevention, Booth's work enhances our understanding of how globalized and local networks, po Get Local Women, Global Science our bestseller medical books.

Local Women, Global Science Download

In Local Women, Global Science, Karen M Moving past the current politics of development, women's health, and AIDS prevention, Booth's work enhances our understanding of how globalized and local networks, po

Related Books: "Local Women, Global Science"

Love in the Time of AIDS: Inequality, Gender, and Rights in South Africa

In some parts of South Africa, more than one in three people are HIV positive. Love in the Time of AIDS explores transformations in notions of gender and intimacy to try to understand the roots of this virulent epidemic. By living in an informal sett

The Republic of Therapy: Triage and Sovereignty in West Africa’s Time of AIDS (Body, Commodity, Text)

The Republic of Therapy tells the story of the global response to the HIV epidemic from the perspective of community organizers, activists, and people living with HIV in West Africa. Drawing on his experiences as a physician and anthropologist

Fixing Men: Sex, Birth Control, and AIDS in Mexico

Most studies on reproductive rights make women their focus, but in Fixing Men, Matthew Gutmann illuminates what men in the Mexican state of Oaxaca say and do about contraception, sex, and AIDS. Based on extensive fieldwork, this breakthrough s

"You're the First One I've Told": New Faces of HIV in the South