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Feminisms, HIV and AIDS

Subverting Power, Reducing Vulnerability

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  • © 2012

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  1. Vicci Tallis
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Vicci Tallis
      Pages 1-13

  3. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Making the Case: Why a Feminist Response is Necessary

      • Vicci Tallis
      Pages 17-43

    3. Theories of Power: Feminisms in Action

      • Vicci Tallis
      Pages 44-62

  5. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. Power as Solution

      • Vicci Tallis
      Pages 193-204

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 205-225
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Women are disproportionately affected by HIV and AIDS. By focusing on the pandemic at its epicentre in Southern Africa, this book explores the gendered power inequalities driving women's vulnerability to HIV and provides suggestions of how to individually and collectively address women's oppression.

About the author

VICCI TALLIS Programme Manager for the HIV and AIDS Unit at the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa. She has worked in the area of gender, HIV and AIDS in South and Southern Africa for the past 23 years and was previously employed for the Association for Women's Rights in Development.

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