African women's unique vulnerabilities to HIV AIDS : communication perspectives and promises

This is an in-depth look at the biomedical, socio-cultural, economic, legal and political, and educational vulnerabilities faced by the population that is most vulnerable to the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS: African women. "African Women's Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS; Communication Perspectives and: Promises examines the biomedical, socio-cultural, economic, legal/political, and educational aspects faced by real women in Africa, at the same time offering areas of hope in terms of communication for development case studies and role models. Based on the author's hands-on experience working in West Africa a with a number of HIV/AIDS and media organizations, it is reader/researcher friendly, providing more than 800 references and helpful appendices and some 900 acronyms, contact data for 450+ African HIV/AIDS-related organizations, African terms, websites, African embassies and liaisons, media, billboard, African AIDS-related films, and much more."--BOOK JACKET. A frican Women's Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS: Communication Perspectives and Promises examines the biomedical, socio-cultural, economic, legal/political, and educational aspects faced by real women in Africa, at the same time offering areas of hope in terms of communication for development case studies and role models. Based on the author's hands-on experience working in West Africa with a number of HIV/AIDS and media organizations, it is reader/researcher friendly, providing more than 800 references and helpful appendices with some 900 acronyms, contact data for 450+ African HIV/AIDS-related organizations, African terms, websites, African embassies and liaisons, media, billboards, African AIDS-related films, and much more. African Women's Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS examines the biomedical, socio-cultural, economic, legal/political, and educational aspects faced by real women in Africa, at the same time offering areas of hope in terms of communication for development case studies and role models. Based on the author's hands-on experience working in West Africa with a number of HIV/AIDS and media organizations, it is reader/researcher friendly, providing more than 800 references and helpful appendices with some 900 acronyms, contact data for 450+ African HIV/AIDS-related organizations, African terms, websites, African embassies and liaisons, media, billboards, African AIDS-related films, and much more.--Résumé de l'éditeur Preface and acknowledgements Introduction to African women and HIV/AIDS Biomedical vulnerabilities Socio-cultural vulnerabilities Economic vulnerabilities Legal and political vulnerabilities Educational vulnerabilities Communication perspectives Communication promises Appendices Appendix 1: Acronyms Appendix II: African HIV/AIDS-related organizations Appendix III: African terms Appendix IV: African HIV/AIDS-related websites Appendix V: African embassies and liaisons in the U.S Appendix V1: African media Appendix VII: African HIV/AIDS-related billboards Appendix VIII: African AIDS-related films References Index About the author.