A food safety factory shutdown has Americans hunting for baby formula. Readying themselves for a covid-19 lockdown, Chinese in Beijing emptied store shelves. Emerging from lockdown, some in Shanghai are visiting well-provisioned markets. U.S.-China agricultural trade is booming, but many are still being left hungry. Food security, sustainability and safety remain issues.
Ho, "The role of women's empowerment in challenging women's HIV/AIDS vulnerability. A case of Yunnan women," 2003
USC thsis in Women's Studies.
August 24, 2009
Jennifer I-Ching Ho, M.S.
Abstract (Summary)
This paper investigates women's HIV/AIDS vulnerability factors and presents a theoretical prevention education model for addressing the growing threat of women's HIV/AIDS infections in Yunnan, China. This need is analyzed theoretically through women's HIV/AIDS vulnerability and empowerment prevention education model, constructed based on Stromquist model of empowerment, Foucauldian power theories, gender vulnerability frameworks, and practiced HIV/AIDS prevention education models. Analysis indicates Yunnan women's HIV/AIDS vulnerability factors consist of patriarchal marriage and inheritance customs, domestication of women's role, conditions of illiteracy, poverty, labor migration, and women trafficking. Investigation of other women's projects in Peru, India, Senegal, and Chile suggest strategies of empowerment applicable to Yunnan. Findings suggest women's psychological, cognitive, economic, and political empowerment approaches for challenging these factors. Such approaches to Yunnan women's HIV/AIDS empowerment prevention education require a multi-sector implementation approach.
Advisor: Stromquist, Nelly
Featured Articles
May 13, 2022
European views toward China are not uniform. Europeans recognize China's economic prowess and clearly favor continued ties, but majorities in much of Europe now have a negative view towards China.