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Feminist fight against AIDS erased women, then rewrote history.
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Risk and Resistance
how feminists transformed the law and science of aids
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Summary
Risk and Resistance: How Women Fought for Recognition in the AIDS Crisis
How did women become categorized as “at-risk” for HIV? In the early AIDS crisis, experts doubted women’s vulnerability, leading to their exclusion from the initial response.
Against a narrative of simple scientific progress, Risk and Resistance reveals how feminist lawyers and activists reshaped the legal and public health response to AIDS. They fought in the streets, legislatures, agencies, an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781108707213 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1108707211 |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Law and Society |
| Author: | Aziza Ahmed |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| 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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