Gender, Health and Change in South Africa

This article presents three case studies on the question of gender, health and change. It describes findings from research projects on interventions working with men and boys in South Africa on issues of HIV, public health and gender. Each case study examines the underlying theories of masculinity, gender and gender change at work in these interventions and assesses the forms and impacts of these interventions. The article concludes with a reflection of the political and conceptual limitations of gender transformation work undertaken in the context of HIV, and on the need to complement ideological arguments for “gen­der transformation” with more embodied opportunities for transformed gende­red practice

Economic growth · Ethnography · Gender analysis · Geography · Health care · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public health · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing

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• Adherence as therapeutic citizenship

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• Gender and sexuality

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• Gender-based violence, relationship power, and risk of HIV infection in women attending antenatal clinics in South Africa

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• Grounding ‘Responsibilisation Talk’

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• Outline of a Theory of Practice

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• Lessons learned

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• Support groups for HIV-positive people in South Africa

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• Theories of practice and public health

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• Masculinity and the persistence of Aids stigma

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• Masculinity and HIV disclosure among heterosexual South African men

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• Gender Role and Relationship Norms among Young Adults in South Africa

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• The HIV Blind Spot

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• Going Beyond “ABC” to Include “GEM”

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• Masculinity as a barrier to men's use of HIV services in Zimbabwe

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• The promises and limitations of gender-transformative health programming with men

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• Impact of a Gender-Transformative HIV and Antiviolence Program on Gender Ideologies and Masculinities in Two Rural, South African Communities

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• Men's Perceptions of Women's Rights and Changing Gender Relations in South Africa

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• Hegemonic Masculinity

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• Establishing support groups for HIV-infected women

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