Contesting Democracy: HIV/AIDS and the Achievement of Gender Equality in South Africa.

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  • Author(s): Albertyn, Catherine
  • Source:
    Feminist Studies. Fall2003, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p595-615. 21p.
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    • Abstract:
      Examines the relationship between the HIV/AIDS virus and the construction of gender and sexuality in South Africa. Factors that affect the vulnerability of South African women to the virus; Analysis of the relationship between gender inequality and the virus in South Africa; Description of the political and legal gains made by women in the 1990s; Overview of the feminist concerns that the South African Constitution seeks to address.