04014oam 2200829I 450 991082506360332120240516211723.01-280-87447-397866137157841-136-28537-70-203-11308-X1-136-28536-910.4324/9780203113080 (CKB)2550000000104781(EBL)981991(OCoLC)798209470(SSID)ssj0000689399(PQKBManifestationID)12275805(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000689399(PQKBWorkID)10618052(PQKB)11769928(Au-PeEL)EBL981991(CaPaEBR)ebr10578078(CaONFJC)MIL371578(OCoLC)801405210(OCoLC)1086515050(FINmELB)ELB136889(MiAaPQ)EBC981991(EXLCZ)99255000000010478120180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGendered insecurities, health and development in Africa /edited by Howard Stein and Amal Hassan Fadlalla1st ed.Abingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (225 p.)Routledge studies in development economics ;97Description based upon print version of record.1-138-22497-9 0-415-59784-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Gendered Insecurities, Health and Development in Africa; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Gendered insecurities, health and development in Africa: An introduction; 1 The gender context of vulnerability to HIV/AIDS: The case of men and women in low income areas of the city of Lilongwe in Malawi; 2 Treating AIDS in Uganda and South Africa: Semi-authoritarian technologies in gendered contexts of insecurity; 3 Whose human security?: Gender, neoliberalism and the informal economy in sub-Saharan Africa4 African poverty, gender and insecurity5 Food crises: The impact on African women and children; 6 Gender, environment and human security in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana; 7 Negotiating security: Gender, violence and the rule of law in post-war South Sudan; 8 Gender, agency and peace negotiations in Africa; IndexThe concept of security has often narrowly focused on issues surrounding the protection of national borders from outside threats. However, a richer idea of human security has become increasingly important in the past decade or so. The aim is to incorporate various dimensions of the downside risks affecting the generalized well-being or dignity of people. Despite this rising prominence, the discourses surrounding human security have neglected to address the topic of gender, particularly how issues of poverty and underdevelopment impact women's and men's experiences and strategies differentlyRoutledge studies in development economics ;97.Economic developmentAfricaHuman securityAfricaPovertyAfricaPublic healthAfricaWomen and human securityAfricaWomenAfricaEconomic conditionsWomenAfricaSocial conditionsEconomic developmentHuman securityPovertyPublic healthWomen and human securityWomenEconomic conditions.WomenSocial conditions.305.4096Fadlalla Amal Hassan896481Stein Howard1952-1685314MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825063603321Gendered insecurities, health and development in Africa4057363UNINA