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Feminist fight against AIDS: Transforming science for legal change.
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Risk and Resistance
how feminists transformed the law and science of aids
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250 pages
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30 September 2025
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Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the AIDS Response
How did women come to be seen as ‘at-risk’ for HIV? In the early years of the AIDS crisis, scientific and public health experts questioned whether women were likely to contract HIV in significant numbers and rolled out a response that effectively excluded women. Against a linear narrative of scientific discovery and progress, Risk and Resistance shows that it was the work of feminist lawyers and activists who …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781108485500 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1108485502 |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Law and Society |
| Author: | Aziza Ahmed |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 250 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
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Aziza Ahmed
Aziza Ahmed is a Professor of Law and the N. Neal Pike Scholar at Boston University School of Law. She writes on the intersection of gender, health, science, and law.
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