Addressing HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence

The Research School of Humanities presented the Work-in-Progress Seminar Series on 3rd April. Professor Rosemary Jolly, Department of English, IPPH & SARC, Queen’s University spoke on “Implicit Lies, Stigma, and Silence: the humanities’ crucial contribution to addressing HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence effectively’.

Professor Jolly says, “This paper developed out of my work on highly stigmatized issues, such as gender-based violence and STI co-infection, within the context of deeply impoverished communities affected by histories of compounded trauma and structural oppression in the form of colonialism and racism. It attempts to outline what critical theory drawn from the humanities can bring to our understanding of the stigmatized subject of HIV/GBV.”
A recording of the audio can be be downloaded here.

The humanities’ contribution to addressing HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence

The Research School of Humanities presents the Work-in-Progress Seminar Series. Professor Rosemary Jolly, Department of English, IPPH & SARC, Queen’s University, ‘On Implicit Lies, Stigma, and Silence: the humanities’ crucial contribution to addressing HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence effectively‘. 1- 2.30 pm, Friday 3rd April, Theatrette, Old Canberra House.

HIV, AIDS & Islam: A workshop manual based on compassion, responsibility and justice

USAID, 2007. HIV, AIDS & Islam: A workshop manual based on compassion, responsibility and justice.
This manual is based on the experiences of Positive Muslim, a NGO funded in 2000 in South Africa, but it can easily be adapted to be suitable to different geographical contexts. It is a useful resource to develop a better understanding [...]

Yaari Dosti: young men redefine masculinity

Yaari Dosti: young men redefine masculinity. A training manual, Population Council, 2006
This manual was designed to promote gender equality and to address masculinity for HIV prevention in the Indian context, but its content is easily adaptable to other social and cultural realities and in fact the authors invite users to adapt examples and discussions to [...]

Promoting Gender Equity and Empowering Young Women

Sakhi Saheli, 2008, Promoting Gender Equity and Empowering Young Women. A Training Manual, Population Council
This manual builds on the understanding that addressing cultural and gender norms is essential to target the spread of HIV among women, who tend to be more vulnerable to infection than men not only because of biological reasons, but also because [...]