Prognosis for the Inequality Virus: Gender, Democracy, Reconstruction and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa

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Susan Bazilli

International Women's Rights Project

Jennifer Bond

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section

Marilou McPhedran

University of Victoria - International Women's Rights Project, Centre for Global Studies

Laurel Sherret

Independent

Date Written: July 1, 2006

Abstract

This concept paper reviews a range of literature and explores demonstrated and potential connections between HIV/AIDS, legal rights and political participation of women and girls, and democratic governance in four Southern African countries, selected by the Commonwealth Secretariat - Botswana, Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa. The paper examines the nexus between achieving representative democracy and addressing the gendered differential impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Southern Africa, particularly on women and girls. Findings - from all four countries.

Suggested Citation

Bazilli, Susan and Bond, Jennifer and McPhedran, Marilou and Sherret, Laurel, Prognosis for the Inequality Virus: Gender, Democracy, Reconstruction and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa (July 1, 2006). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1336373 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1336373

Susan Bazilli (Contact Author)

International Women's Rights Project ( email )

Canada

Jennifer Bond

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section ( email )

57 Louis Pasteur Street
Ottawa, K1N 6N5
Canada

Marilou McPhedran

University of Victoria - International Women's Rights Project, Centre for Global Studies ( email )

Canada

Laurel Sherret

Independent

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