Strong women, dangerous times [[electronic resource] ] : gender and HIV/AIDS in Africa / / Ezekiel Kalipeni, Karen Flynn and Cynthia Pope, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791803603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• ISBN: 1-61324-111-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KalipeniEzekiel <1954->; FlynnKaren Coen; PopeCynthia
• Disciplina: 362.196/979200968
• Soggetti: AIDS (Disease) in women - Africa
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Globalization, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa : a feminist perspective / Margaret Asalele Mbilizi and Linda Semu -- Vulnerability of women and girls to HIV/AIDS in rural south Sudan / Ellen Percy Kraly, Erin Bergman, and Isaac Padiet -- The cultural context of women's and girls' vulnerability to HIV/AIDS infection in Thyolo and Mulanje Districts of Malawi / Olivia Mechaju Liwewe, Ezekiel Kalipeni, and Priscilla Upasani Matinga -- The risk of HIV among women in Malawi : the case of female domestic workers and their experiences with sexual abuse / Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, Ezekiel Kalipeni, and Rachel Rodriguez -- The itinerant male, marriage, family, and gender relations in matrilineal southern Malawi : lessons and challenges for HIV/AIDS programming / Linda Semu -- Social-cultural predictors of HIV/AIDS-related health and preventive behaviors among women in Kisumu District, Kenya / Veronica A. Ouma and Ezekiel Kalipeni -- Sociocultural factors : norms of masculinity and feminity in the context of HIV/AIDS in Mozambique / Ana Loforte --; Factors affecting the male-female differences in condom perceptions and use in rural Malawi / Veronica Escamilla and Ezekiel Kalipeni -- Cultural attitudes and ambivalence to the ABC model in Sub-Saharan Africa / Njeri Mbugua -- Use of cotrimozaxole prophylaxis at first contact with a medical doctor : an assessment of a tertiary HIV clinic / ; C.E. Ndhlovu ... [et al.] -- Sexuality and the culture of silence in relation to HIV/AIDS in East Africa : a popular cultural approach / Mwenda Ntarangwi -- HIV/AIDS related art and popular culture in South Africa : an examination of community murals, billboards, campaigns, and graffiti art in addressing the HIV/AIDS campaign / Heather L. Schaad -- Religion and the rights of African women in the age of HIV/AIDS : illustrations from Kenya / Mary Nyangweso Wangila -- "We must do whatever it takes" : promoting and sustaining Black Canadian women's health in Toronto / Karen Flynn and Audrey Taylor.