Gender Equality and HIV and AIDS

The feminization of HIV epidemics has been steadily increasing worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa, 75 per cent of young people infected are women and girls. Gender disparities in education contribute to social conditions that facilitate the spread of HIV. This book will help government policymakers and NGO practitioners improve their understanding of how schools can practice gender equality and provide HIV and AIDS education. Researchers, NGOs, and donors contribute case studies and research from around the world. They show the extreme importance of educating girls'who are less likely than boys to attend school and therefore are more vulnerable to HIV. Also addressed are the need to educate boys against violence towards girls; teachers against sexual abuse of girls; and ministers of education about implementing, monitoring, and evaluating equal gender practices in education. Topical and informative, this fascinating book includes examples from South Africa and South-East Asia and seeks to explain and illustrate the key arguments and debates in this area.

INTRODUCTORY SECTION: 1) Editors' introduction: 'Understanding HIV and education from a gender perspective'; 2) Scene setting-'A global overview of HIV, education and gender equality'; PART ONE: AIDS IN EDUCATION-A GENDERED PERSPECTIVE: 3) 'The gendered impact of AIDS on education'; 4) 'Girl power'?; 5) 'Teachers' gendered lives, HIV/AIDS and pedagogy in Kenya'; 6) 'Violence against girls: are schools doing enough to protect against HIV/AIDS?'; PART TWO: A GENDERED RESPONSE TO EDUCATION AND AIDS: 7) 'Gender dimensions to HIV/AIDS education'; 8) 'Changing identities: education as a transformative process'; 9) 'Engaging community to promote gender equity among young men in Mumbai, India: experiences from Yari Dosti'; 10) 'Building the multisector partnership to deliver HIV education in schools: the Nigeria experience'; 11) CONCLUSION.