Gender and health: policy and practice. A global sourcebook

Following case studies are featured: the effects of gender roles and relations on the way in which key diseases of poverty are experienced at the community level in Malawi, strategies to mitigate female genital mutilation in Ethiopian communities, communication on sexual and reproductive health and rights for and by young boys and girls in Argentina, the involvement of boys and men as agents/partners in HIV/AIDS work in South Africa and Brazil, local responses to HIV/AIDS from a gender perspective, stigma, discrimination and violence and implications for HIV/AIDS work in India among female sex workers and men who have sex with them.

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Main Authors: Van der Kwaak, A. (ed.), Royal Tropical Inst., The Hague (Netherlands) eng, Wegelin-Schuringa, M. (ed.)
Format: Texto biblioteca
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Published: Amsterdam (Netherlands) KIT 2006
Subjects:GENDER, WOMEN, HEALTH POLICIES, CASE STUDIES, ETUDE DE CAS, GENRE (FEMMES/HOMMES), FEMME, POLITIQUE SANITAIRE, ESTUDIOS DE CASOS PRACTICOS, GENERO, MUJERES, POLITICA DE SALUD,
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