Gender, empowerment, and health: What is it? How does it work?

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages

  Ehrhardt, Anke A ^a   Sawires, Sharif ^b   McGovern, Terry ^c   Peacock, Dean ^b,d   Weston, Mark ^e  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FORD FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Sonke Gender Justice   (South Africa)

^e Policy Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender empowerment; Gender inequality; Health; HIV AIDS; Middle East and North Africa

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPOWERMENT; EPIDEMIC; GENDER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 67749095853     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181aafd54     Document Type: Review

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