Aids, sexuality and gender in Africa : collective strategies and struggles in Tanzania and Zambia

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Title:

Author:

Bujra, Janet M.

ISBN:

9781841420240

9781841420271

Publication Information:

New York : Routledge, 2000.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

Series:

Social aspects of AIDS

Series Title:

Social aspects of AIDS

Contents:

1. Perspectives on gender and AIDS in Africa / Carolyn Baylies -- 2. Responses to the AIDS epidemic in Tanzania and Zambia / Janet Bujra and Carolyn Baylies -- 3. AIDS in Kapulanga, Mongu: poverty, neglect and gendered patterns of blame / Ann Sikwibele, Caroline Shonga and Carolyn Baylies -- 4. Sinners and outsiders: the drama of AIDS in Rungwe / Marjorie Mbilinyi and Naomi Kaihula -- 5. AIDS in Kanyama: contested sexual practice and the gendered dynamics of community interventions / Carolyn Baylies, Tashisho Chabala and Faustina Mkandawire -- 6. Target practice: gender and generational struggle in AIDS prevention work in Lushoto / Janet Bujra -- 7. Reconciling individual costs with collective benefits: women organising against AIDS in Mansa / Carolyn Baylies -- 8. AIDS activism in Dar es Salaam: many struggles; a single goal / Jane Bujra and Scholastica N. Mokake -- 9. The struggle continues: some conclusions / Carolyn Baylies and Janet Bujra.

Subject Term:

AIDS (Disease) -- Tanzania.

AIDS (Disease) -- Zambia.

Added Author:

Bujra, Janet M.

Baylies, Carolyn L. (Carolyn Louise), 1947-

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Summary

While there is a growing list of publications devoted to the AIDS epidemic, Africa, with two-thirds of the world's cases, still receives scant attention. This book may change the way we think about AIDS and how it is being addressed in Africa and the rest of the world.
The book draws on first-hand research and in-depth investigations carried out by a team of researchers from Britain, Zambia and Tanzania, and focuses on the gendered aspect of the struggle against AIDS.
The authors study the severity of the epidemic and the threat it poses to the population and society in Tanzania and Zambia. They argue that the success of strategies against the spread of AIDS in Africa rests on their recognition of existing gendered power relations and that this success might be enhanced if the strategies are built on existing organisational skills and practices, especially among women. Their conclusions have repercussions for all countries around the world, and especially the rest of Africa.