HIV/AIDS interventions and the politics of the African Woman's body

A Companion to Feminist Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 363-378

  Agot, Kawango ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Culture; HIV AIDS; South african women; South african women politics; Widow inheritance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955393077     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996898.ch25     Document Type: Chapter

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