LEADER 03963oam 2200805I 450 001 9910779250903321 005 20230126202917.0 010 $a1-280-87447-3 010 $a9786613715784 010 $a1-136-28537-7 010 $a0-203-11308-X 010 $a1-136-28536-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203113080 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104781 035 $a(EBL)981991 035 $a(OCoLC)798209470 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000689399 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12275805 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000689399 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10618052 035 $a(PQKB)11769928 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC981991 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL981991 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10578078 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL371578 035 $a(OCoLC)801405210 035 $a(OCoLC)1086515050 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB136889 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104781 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGendered insecurities, health and development in Africa /$fedited by Howard Stein and Amal Hassan Fadlalla 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in development economics ;$v97 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-59784-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Africa 327 $a4 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; Index 330 $aThe concept of security has often narrowly focused on issues surrounding the protection of national borders from outside threats. However, a richer idea of human security has become increasingly important in the past decade or so. The aim is to incorporate various dimensions of the downside risks affecting the generalized well-being or dignity of people. Despite this rising prominence, the discourses surrounding human security have neglected to address the topic of gender, particularly how issues of poverty and underdevelopment impact women's and men's experiences and strategies differently 410 0$aRoutledge studies in development economics ;$v97. 606 $aEconomic development$zAfrica 606 $aHuman security$zAfrica 606 $aPoverty$zAfrica 606 $aPublic health$zAfrica 606 $aWomen and human security$zAfrica 606 $aWomen$zAfrica$xEconomic conditions 606 $aWomen$zAfrica$xSocial conditions 615 0$aEconomic development 615 0$aHuman security 615 0$aPoverty 615 0$aPublic health 615 0$aWomen and human security 615 0$aWomen$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 676 $a305.4096 701 $aFadlalla$b Amal Hassan$0896481 701 $aStein$b Howard$f1952-$01515753 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779250903321 996 $aGendered insecurities, health and development in Africa$93751756 997 $aUNINA