Gender and HIV/AIDS

Jelke Boesten is a Lecturer in Social Development in the School of Politics and International Studies at the Universtiy of Leeds, UK. Nana K. Poku, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA .

'...innovative and important in extending our understanding of how gender and sexual identities shape HIV epidemics in different parts of the world. It explores the experiences of both women and men and highlights the impact of gender on their access to economic and social support and to health care.' Lesley Doyal, University of Bristol, UK 'As the HIV/AIDS epidemic matures it is becoming ever more apparent how important gender issues are, especially in the developing world. Gender determines who is most likely to be infected, how people are affected, and their response. This perceptive collection of papers is a valuable addition to both the literature and the conceptualization of gender perspectives.' Alan Whiteside, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 'Gender and HIV/AIDS provides a sobering outline of the multi-layered and entangled structures that place women in vulnerable positions in their communities and highlights the struggle we face as scholars, politicians, policy writers, and AIDS/HIV program leaders to improve the sexual health of women, men, and children worldwide.' Journal of International Women's Studies

• Introduction: Gender, Inequalities, and HIV/AIDS, Jelke Boesten, Nana K. Poku; Part 1 Gendered Vulnerabilities; Chapter 1 Stigma, Gender and HIV: Case Studies of Inter-sectionality, Catherine Campbell, Andrew Gibbs; Chapter 2 Gender, Masculinities and HIV/AIDS: Perspectives from Peru, Ximena Salazar, Clara Sandoval Figueroa, J. Maziel Girón, Carlos F. Cáceres; Chapter 3 Transactable Sex and Unsafe Practices: Gender and Sex when Living with HIV in Tanzania, Jelke Boesten; Chapter 4 Gender and HIV/AIDS in Haiti: Women’s Lack of Power as an Overarching Vulnerability, Jhumka Gupta, Maria J. Small, Trace Kershaw; Part 2 Targeted Interventions; Chapter 5 Caught in Ideological Crossfire: One Tale of Prostitution, Politicians and the Pandemic, Joanna Busza; Chapter 6 Targeting HIV or Targeting Social Change? The Role of Indian Sex Workers’ Collectives in Challenging Gender Relations, Flora Cornish; Chapter 7 “Know Your Status”: Male Gender Construction in the Age of Routine HIV Testing, Tim Frasca; Part 3 HIV /AIDS and ChangingGender Relations; Chapter 8 Sex Talk: Mutuality and Power in the Shadow of HIV/AIDS in Africa, Janet Bujra; Chapter 9 Positive Men in Hard, Neoliberal Times: Engendering Health Citizenship in South Africa, Christopher J. Colvin, Steven Robins;