Fat eggs': gender and fertility as important factors in HIV/AIDS prevention in Botswana
Author(s)
Upton, Rebecca LEditor(s)
Sweetman, CarolineSmyth, Ines
Publication date
2010-11-11Country
Botswana
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Gender & DevelopmentDocument type
Journal articleLanguage
EnglishDescription
This article examines the response in Botswana to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and some overlooked but key cultural factors that inhibit effective policy implementation. Specifically, this article highlights the importance of gender and fertility as they intersect with ideas of food, fat and social aspects of health in Botswana culture. Using ethnographic methods to understand the role that gender and fertility play in conjunction with Botswana concepts of health, and in particular those that surround ideas of food and fatness can help to improve the multi-faceted responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Botswana. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.Pages
9ISSN
1355-2074EISSN
1364-9221ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/13552074.2010.524425