general books HIV/AIDS & Health

AIDS and Human Rights Research Unit HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTED?, nine southern African country reports on HIV, AIDS and the law
425 pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R220
Charts the extent to which human rights are protected in the legal systems of nine southern African states with very high HIV prevalence rates: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The AIDS and Human Rights Research Unit is an initiative of the Centre for the Study of AIDS (CSA) and the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria.
Alexander (P.) et. al. (eds.) GLOBALISATION AND NEW IDENTITIES, a view from the middle
361 pp., map, paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R185
A collection of essays on South Africa, including "Globalisation and New Social Identities: a jigsaw puzzle from Johannesburg" by Peter Alexander, "Black Workers, Fatherhood and South Africa's Gold Mines" by Marlize Rabe,
"Students, Activism and Identity" by Marcelle Dawson,
"A Self-Employed 'Worker' Identity: women garment makers in Ahmedabad and Durban" by Meera Icharam,
"Countering Stigma: collectively counselling an AIDS identity" by Sandra Jane Roberts
and "The South African Broadcasting Corporation and Dilemmas of National Identity" by Kurai Masenyama.

This book comes out of a project funded by South Africa's National Research Foundation (NRF). Research was undertaken by staff and students associated with the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), now the University of Johannesburg.
Arnott (J.) & Crago (A-L.) RIGHTS NOT RESCUE, a report on female, male and trans sex workers' human rights in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
102 pp., colour illus., paperback, (Johannesburg), 2009. R175
The published findings of a study undertaken by The Sexual Health and Rights Project (SHARP) of the Open Society Initiative Public Health Programme. The study, based on interviews and focus groups with eighty-nine female, male and transgender sex workers as well as interviews with eleven NGOs, documents widespread human rights abuses against sex workers, describes organizing tactics among workers to redress these violations and highlights opportunities for NGOs, governments, donors and UN agencies to expand rights-based approaches to sex work.
Ballard (R.) et. al. (eds.) VOICES OF PROTEST, social movements in post-apartheid South Africa
437 pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2006. R190
Contributions include "Seeking the High Ground: The Treatment Action Campaign and the politics of morality" by Steven Friedman & Shauna Mottiar,
"The Landless People's Movement and the Failure of Post-Apartheid South Africa" by Stephen Greenberg,
"Reconstructing a Social Movement in an Era of Globalisation: a case study of COSATU" by Adam Habib & Imraan Valodia
and "The Challenges of Inclusion and Transformation" the Women's Movement in democratic South Africa" by Shireen Hassim.
Baxen (J.) & Breidlid (A.) eds. HIV/AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, understanding the implications of culture & context
144 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009. R155
This book explores the various contexts in which debate about HIV/AIDS takes place and examines how the pandemic is perceived by scholars, religious leaders and trandtional healers, among others, in communities around South Africa.

Contributions include "What Questions? HIV/AIDS educational research: beyond more of the same to asking different epistemological questions" by Jean Baxen,
"Examining Religious Leaders' and Traditional Healers' Responses to HIV/AIDS in a Modern Community" by Aysha Hattas,
"Performing Masculine and Feminine Identities: sexuality and identity construction among youth in a context of HIV/AIDS" by Mamatsoso Matsoso-Makhate with Gerald Wangenge-Ouma, and
"Cultural Practices, Gender and HIV/AIDS: a study of young women's sexual positioning in the context of HIV/AIDS in South Africa" by Marit Petersen.

Jean Baxen is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, Rhodes University.
Anders Breidlid is Professor of International Education at Oslo University College, Norway.
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