Gender and health : policy and practice : a global sourcebook /
Gender and health : policy and practice : a global sourcebook /
Anke van der Kwaak and Madeleen Wegelin-Schuringa, guest editors.
- Amsterdam : Oxford : KIT (Royal Tropical Institute) ; Oxfam GB, 2006.
- 184 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Critical reviews and annotated bibliographies series, 1382-4686 Gender, society & development ; 9 .
- Critical reviews and annotated bibliographies series. Gender, society & development ; 9. .
Includes annotated bibliographical references (p. 111-163) and index.
Introduction: gender and health / Anke van der Kwaak and Jashodhara Dasgupta -- Engendering communicable disease policy and practice: experiences from Malawi / Bertha Simwaka Nhlema ... [et al.] --Tackling tradition: examining successful strategies in the mitigation of female genital mutilation in Ethiopian communities / Sehin Teferra -- Reaching young people on health and reproductive and sexual rights: the Argentinian experience / Mabel Bianco -- Men, gender equity and HIV/AIDS prevention, with case studies from South Africa and Brazil / Miriam Zoll -- Local responses to HIV/AIDS from a gender perspective / Madeleen Wegelin-Schuringa -- Stigma, discrimination and violence amongst female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Andhra Pradesh, India / Fiona Samuels, Ravi K. Verma and C.K. George.
0855985712 (Oxfam pbk.) 9780855985714 (Oxfam pbk.) 9068327348 (KIT pbk.) 9789068327342 (KIT pbk.)
2007387976
Sexual health--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Reproductive health--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Sex role--Developing countries.
Women--Health and hygiene--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Men--Health and hygiene--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Sex discrimination.
Sex factors in disease--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Discrimination in medical care--Developing countries.
Medical policy--Developing countries.
RA788 / .G46 2006
Includes annotated bibliographical references (p. 111-163) and index.
Introduction: gender and health / Anke van der Kwaak and Jashodhara Dasgupta -- Engendering communicable disease policy and practice: experiences from Malawi / Bertha Simwaka Nhlema ... [et al.] --Tackling tradition: examining successful strategies in the mitigation of female genital mutilation in Ethiopian communities / Sehin Teferra -- Reaching young people on health and reproductive and sexual rights: the Argentinian experience / Mabel Bianco -- Men, gender equity and HIV/AIDS prevention, with case studies from South Africa and Brazil / Miriam Zoll -- Local responses to HIV/AIDS from a gender perspective / Madeleen Wegelin-Schuringa -- Stigma, discrimination and violence amongst female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Andhra Pradesh, India / Fiona Samuels, Ravi K. Verma and C.K. George.
0855985712 (Oxfam pbk.) 9780855985714 (Oxfam pbk.) 9068327348 (KIT pbk.) 9789068327342 (KIT pbk.)
2007387976
Sexual health--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Reproductive health--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Sex role--Developing countries.
Women--Health and hygiene--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Men--Health and hygiene--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Sex discrimination.
Sex factors in disease--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Discrimination in medical care--Developing countries.
Medical policy--Developing countries.
RA788 / .G46 2006