Gender, sexuality and HIV/AIDS : exploring politics of women's health in India

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Title:

Author:

Sahu, Skylab, author.

ISBN:

9789351500810

Personal Author:

Sahu, Skylab, author.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 210 pages; 23 cm

Contents:

Health discourse in India -- The state and women's health in India -- Gender, power and sexuality : women's vulnerability to HIV/AIDS -- The state's approach to HIV/AIDS : a gender and health rights perspective -- Addressing the rights of HIV-positive women : interventions by civil society organizations -- Health movements in India -- Conclusion.

Abstract:

Looking at the issue from a gender and human rights perspective, the book discusses provisions taken by the government in providing health care to patients in India while also examining how this has influenced society's perception of the disease as well as the patients themselves. The book explores in depth the dimensions of health-care accessibility, gender equity measures and strategies used by the State as well as the role played by civil society organizations and activists. Further, this book contributes to the fields of public health, policy studies, community health and gender, and is important for policymakers as well as NGOs and human rights activists working in this sector.

Subject Term:

Women -- India -- Social conditions.

Gender identity -- India.

HIV-positive women -- India.

AIDS (Disease) in women -- India.

Women -- Health and hygiene -- India.

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What has been the role of the Indian state in providing health-care facilities to women with HIV/AIDS? Looking at the issue from a gender and human rights perspective, the book discusses provisions taken by the government in providing health care to patients in India while also examining how this has influenced society's perception of the disease as well as the patients themselves. The book explores in depth the dimensions of health-care accessibility, gender equity measures and strategies used by the State as well as the role played by civil society organizations and activists. Further, this book contributes to the fields of public health, policy studies, community health and gender, and is important for policymakers as well as NGOs and human rights activists working in this sector.