Gendered Insecurities, Health and Development in Africa

ISBN-13: 9780415597845 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 224 str.

Howard Stein; Amal Hassan Fadlalla

Opis

This text considers gender dimensions of a number of issues central to human security and development in Africa including food security, AIDs and its treatment, legal rights, violence, conflict resolution, informal work, the environment, and poverty alleviation strategies.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Gender Context of Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS: The Case of Men and Women in Low Socioeconomic Areas of the City of Lilongwe in Malawi Ezekiel Kalipeni and Jayati Ghosh  2. Treating AIDS in Uganda and South Africa: Semi-Authoritarian Technologies in Gendered Contexts of Insecurity Lisa Ann Richey  3. Whose Human Security? Gender, Neoliberalism and The Informal Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa Zo Randriamaro  4. African Poverty, Gender and Insecurity John Weeks and Howard Stein  5. Food Crises: The Impact on African Women and Children Meredeth Turshen  6. Gender, Environment and Human Security in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana Jacob Songsore  7. Negotiating Security: Gender, Violence, and the Rule of Law in Post-War South Sudan Jok Madut Jok  8. Gender, Agency, and Peace Negotiations in Africa Aili Mari Tripp