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Book SynopsisContributors discuss the differences between women within and across cultures and how local attitudes and traditions can affect the prevention of, or vulnerability to, HIV / AIDS.
Trade ReviewStartling and powerful accounts of the impact of HIV/AIDS on women's lives... highly recommended. -- Emily van der Meulen Archives of Sexual Behavior
Table of Contents, by Peter Lamptey Counting Women's Experiences, by Lynellyn D. Long Living With HIV/AIDS Negative in the Beginning, Positive in the End, by Christine Thomas (With Lynellyn D. Long) I Have a Life, I Will Live, by Anonymous Women Who Sleep With Women, by Joyce Hunter & Priscilla Alexander HIV/AIDS: A Personal Perspective, by Debbie Runions Economic and Sociocultural Perspectives Making a Living: Women Who Go Out, by Priscilla Alexander Bargaining for Life: Women and the AIDS Epidemic in Haiti, by Priscilla R. Ulin, Michel Cayemittes, and Robert Gringle The Socioeconomic Impact of AIDS on Women in Tanzania, by Anne Outwater I'm Not Afraid of Life or Death: Women in Brothels in Northern Thailand, by Katherine C. Bond, David D. Delentiano, and Chayan Vaddhanaphuti Women's Social Representation of Sex, Sexuality, and AIDS in Brazil, by Luiza Klein-Alonso The Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on Women and AIDS, by Mubina Hassanali Kirmani and Dorothy Munyakho Issues and Concerns The Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS in Women, by Jeanine M. Buzy and Helens D. Gayle Sexually Transmitted Diseases as Catalysts of HIV/AIDS in Women, by Barbara Parker and David W. Patterson HIV and Breast-feeding: Informed Choice in the Face of Medical Ambiguity, by Chloe O'Gara and Anna C. Martin Women, Children, and HIV/AIDS, by Carrie Auer Care and Support Systems, by E. Maxine Ankrah, Martin Schwartz, and Jaclyn Miller Promising Directions Dilemmas for Women in the Second Decade, by Elizabeth A. Preble and Galia D. Siegel Women Educating Women for HIV/AIDS Prevention, by Kathleen Cash Talking About Sex: A Prerequisitie for AIDS Prevention, by Geeta Rao Gupta, Ellen Weiss, and Purnima Mane Challenges for the Development of Female-Controlled Vaginal Microbicides, by Christopher J. Elias and Lor L. Heise The Ethics of Social and Behavioral Research on Women and AIDS, by Carl Kendall What Next? A Policy Agenda, by E. Maxine Ankrah and Lynellyn D. Long
