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Women, Poverty and AIDS: Sex, Drugs and Structural Violence Women, Poverty and AIDS: Sex, Drugs and Structural Violence
by Paul Farmer
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“Moving beyond a simple biomedical model, this book compels us to view AIDS in women in a wholly new way, as an inescapable even in lives devalued by the forces of poverty, racism and sexism. This extraordinary multidisciplinary effort should... (read more)
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Skills-Building for Gender Mainstreaming in HIV/AIDS: Research and Practice Seminar Proceedings Skills-Building for Gender Mainstreaming in HIV/AIDS: Research and Practice Seminar Proceedings
by Bridgette (edt) Prince
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Held in Dakar, Senegal in October 2005, this report contains the presentations delivered at the gender and HIV/AIDS-themed sessions held during the 3rd African Conference of the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance (SAHARA). It contains an... (read more)
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Trappings: Stories of Women, Power, and Clothing Trappings: Stories of Women, Power, and Clothing
by Tiffany Ludwig and Renee Piechocki
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What do you wear that makes you feel powerful? How about the woman next to you at the bank? In line with you at the store? Think about your mother. What would she put on to reveal her power source to the world? These are the questions that inspired... (read more)
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From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice

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Reproductive Rights Reader: Law, Medicine, and the Construction of Motherhood (08 Edition) Reproductive Rights Reader: Law, Medicine, and the Construction of Motherhood (08 Edition)
by Nancy Ehrenreich
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Drug testing has become the norm in many workplaces. In order to get a job, potential employees are required to provide their urine for testing. Pissing on Demand examines this phenomenon along with the resulting rise of the anti-drug testing movement... (read more)
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Gender, Identity, and Imperialism: Women Development Workers in Pakistan (Comparative Feminist Studies) Gender, Identity, and Imperialism: Women Development Workers in Pakistan (Comparative Feminist Studies)
by Nancy Cook
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This book is an ethnographic study of a group of Western women development workers living in Gilgit, northern Pakistan. It focuses on their efforts to construct comfortable lives and identities while temporarily working abroad in this Muslim community... (read more)
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Feminists Organising Against Gendered Violence Feminists Organising Against Gendered Violence
by Lesley Mcmillan
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Violence against women is a key concern for society and feminism. Organizing for social, political and legal change in relation to violence is a pressing issue, and through the critical appraisal of approaches adopted by the anti-violence movement in a... (read more)
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Who's Afraid of Marie Curie? The Challenges Facing Women in Science and Technology Who's Afraid of Marie Curie? The Challenges Facing Women in Science and Technology
by Hall, Linley Erin
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In 2005, Larry Summers, former president of Harvard University, sparked an outcry when her suggested that women might not be as innately gifted in science and math as men. Since then, the news media have attacked this issue over and over, but with no... (read more)

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Kill the Princess: Why Women Still Aren't Free from the Quest for a Fairytale Life Kill the Princess: Why Women Still Aren't Free from the Quest for a Fairytale Life
by Stephanie Vermeulen
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What does it truly mean to be a modern woman? Do women still hunger for that fairytale life? In Kill the Princess author Stephanie Vermeulen tackles a wide range of issues facing women today, from body image to popular notions of femininity, from womens... (read more)
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With Child: Substance Use During Pregnancy: A Woman-Centred Approach With Child: Substance Use During Pregnancy: A Woman-Centred Approach
by Susan C Boyd
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Pregnant drug users are the focus of this new study that argues that women who abuse substances should not be treated differently during their pregnancies but should instead be treated the same way as women who have medical problems with obstetric... (read more)
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