LINDA K. FULLER (B.A., Skidmore College, M.A., American International College, Ph.D., U. Massachusetts), Professor of Communications, Worcester State College, is the author/ (co)editor of more than 20 books and 250+ professional publications and conference reports, including these with Palgrave Macmillan: Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender: Historical Perspectives and Media Representations (2005) and Community Media:International Perspectives. The recipient of Fulbright awards to Singapore (1996) and Senegal (2002), she is currently a Senior Fellow at Northeastern University.

"In African Women s Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS , African women are brought to the reader s attention in flesh and blood terms. This book, coming as it does from an experienced writer and a veteran researcher who has had first-hand contact with the African continent and its people imparts integrity and credibility. It is a useful addition to the literature on Women s studies, Gender studies, Sociology, HIV/AIDS studies, Media and Cultural studies, Communication Studies, and Interdisciplinary studies, and is also a compelling read for the general audience." - Foluke Ogunleye, Senior Lecturer, Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University

• Introduction Biomedical Vulnerabilities Socio-cultural Vulnerabilities Economic Vulnerabilities Legal and Political Vulnerabilities Educational Vulnerabilities Predictions and Plans

LINDA K. FULLER (B.A., Skidmore College, M.A., American International College, Ph.D., U. Massachusetts), Professor of Communications, Worcester State College, is the author/ (co)editor of more than 20 books and 250+ professional publications and conference reports, including these with Palgrave Macmillan: Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender: Historical Perspectives and Media Representations (2005) and Community Media:International Perspectives. The recipient of Fulbright awards to Singapore (1996) and Senegal (2002), she is currently a Senior Fellow at Northeastern University.

"In African Women s Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS , African women are brought to the reader s attention in flesh and blood terms. This book, coming as it does from an experienced writer and a veteran researcher who has had first-hand contact with the African continent and its people imparts integrity and credibility. It is a useful addition to the literature on Women s studies, Gender studies, Sociology, HIV/AIDS studies, Media and Cultural studies, Communication Studies, and Interdisciplinary studies, and is also a compelling read for the general audience." - Foluke Ogunleye, Senior Lecturer, Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University

• Introduction Biomedical Vulnerabilities Socio-cultural Vulnerabilities Economic Vulnerabilities Legal and Political Vulnerabilities Educational Vulnerabilities Predictions and Plans

LINDA K. FULLER (B.A., Skidmore College, M.A., American International College, Ph.D., U. Massachusetts), Professor of Communications, Worcester State College, is the author/ (co)editor of more than 20 books and 250+ professional publications and conference reports, including these with Palgrave Macmillan: Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender: Historical Perspectives and Media Representations (2005) and Community Media:International Perspectives. The recipient of Fulbright awards to Singapore (1996) and Senegal (2002), she is currently a Senior Fellow at Northeastern University.

"In African Women s Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS , African women are brought to the reader s attention in flesh and blood terms. This book, coming as it does from an experienced writer and a veteran researcher who has had first-hand contact with the African continent and its people imparts integrity and credibility. It is a useful addition to the literature on Women s studies, Gender studies, Sociology, HIV/AIDS studies, Media and Cultural studies, Communication Studies, and Interdisciplinary studies, and is also a compelling read for the general audience." - Foluke Ogunleye, Senior Lecturer, Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University

• Introduction Biomedical Vulnerabilities Socio-cultural Vulnerabilities Economic Vulnerabilities Legal and Political Vulnerabilities Educational Vulnerabilities Predictions and Plans