Voices of Resilience: Stigma, Discrimination and Marginalisation of Indian Women Living with HIV/AIDS (repost)
Voices of Resilience: Stigma, Discrimination and Marginalisation of Indian Women Living with HIV/AIDS
Publisher: Sense Publishers | ISBN: 9460914357 | 2011 | PDF | 252 pages | 3.9 MB
Publisher: Sense Publishers | ISBN: 9460914357 | 2011 | PDF | 252 pages | 3.9 MB
This book presents the results of a study that examined the multiple layers of stigma and discrimination experienced by women infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in a low socio-economic area of Mumbai, India. Using exploratory qualitative methods and underpinned by the psychosocial framework and gendered perspectives the study attempts to represent the voicesof affected and infected women. The book first focuses on a global overview of HIV,presents data on the Indian context and provides a synthesis of HIV in relation to stigma, discrimination and gender.