Global rights, local realities: Negotiating gender equality and sexual rights in the Caprivi Region, Namibia

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 599-614

  Thomas, Felicity ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; HIV; Lobola; Namibia; Rights

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; NAMIBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; AGED; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 35648942644     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050701526263     Document Type: Article

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