How youth picture gender injustice: Building skills for HIV prevention through a participatory, arts-based approach

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 349-366

  Wood, Lesley ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arts based methods; Gender injustice; Gender based violence; HIV and AIDS; HIV prevention; Participatory action research; Peer education; Self efficacy; Social learning theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869803518     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v32n4a667     Document Type: Article

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