Gender, Global Health, and Violence: Feminist Perspectives on Peace and Disease (Feminist Studies on Peace, Justice, and Violence)

Beyond the metaphorical use of healthy society as a normative goal of Peace Research, there is little engagement in contemporary Peace Research with questions of global health. Simultaneously, critical feminist approaches to the intersections of different forms of violence and health are rare in Global Health literature. Bringing together feminist Peace Research and Global Health scholarships, this edited book aims to enrich both scholarly traditions. On the one hand, the book provides perspectives from feminist Peace Research that help us to understand and analyse different forms of violence in the gendered realm of global health. On the other hand, the variety of empirical cases analysed in the chapters widens the horizons of Peace Research, in its understanding of what it means to study violence, peace, and justice in everyday lives. The themes dealt in the chapters of the book vary from questions of reproductive health, to non-communicable (e.g. breast cancer) and communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS), war-time sexual violence, mental health, therapeutic justice, domestic violence, and ageing and dementia. This text will help students and researchers alike navigate Global Health through a feminist lens. Gender, Global Health and Violence Contents About the Editors Acknowledgements List of Acronyms 1 Introduction: Analysing Violences in Gendered Global Health Part I: Revisiting Structural Violence 2 Replenishing Bodies and the Political Economy of SRHR in Crises and Emergencies 3 Rethinking Global Health Priorities from the Margins: Health Access and Medical Care Claims among Indonesia’s Waria 4 ‘I Cannot Know That Now I Have Cancer!’: A Structural Violence Perspective on Breast Cancer Detection in Uganda 5 HIV Politics and Structural Violence: Access to Treatment and Knowledge Part II: Violences Entangled 6 Fighting Symbolic Violence through Artistic Encounters: Searching for Feminist Answers to the Question of Life and Death with Dementia 7 ¡Malas Madres, Malas Mujeres, Malas Todas!: The Incarceration of Women for Abortion-Related Crimes in Mexico 8 When Is It Torture? When Is It Rape? Discourses on Wartime Sexual Violence Part III: Towards Peace and Justice in Global Health 9 Therapeutic Justice for Survivors of Human Rights Violations and Wartime Violence 10 Domestic Violence and Public Health: Beginning Steps for Creating More Just and Effective Community Responses 11 Exposed to Violence While Caring: From Caring Self-Protection to Global Health as Conflict Transformation 12 Conclusion: Violence and the Paradox of Global Health Index About the Authors Beyond the metaphorical use of healthy society as a normative goal of Peace Research (PR), there is little engagement in contemporary PR with questions of global health. Simultaneously, critical feminist approaches to the intersections of different forms of violence and health are rare in Global Health (GH) literature. Bringing together feminist PR and GH scholarships, this edited book aims to enrich both scholarly traditions. On the one hand, the book provides perspectives from PR that help us to understand better and analyse different forms of violence in the gendered realm of global health. On the other hand, the variety of empirical cases analysed in the chapters widens the horizons of PR, in its understanding of what it means to study violence, peace, and justice in everyday lives. The themes dealt in the chapters of the book vary from questions of reproductive health, to non-communicable (e.g. breast cancer) and communicable diseases (HIV/AIDS, malaria), mental health, the relationship between religious beliefs and health, domestic violence, sex trafficking, and ageing and dementia. This text will help students and researchers alike navigate Global Health through a feminist lens