Gender and HIV in South Africa: Advancing Women's Health and Capabilities (Sprague Courtenay)(Pevná vazba)

Sex and Gender Differences in Alzheimer's Disease(Pevná vazba)

Sex and Gender Differences in Alzheimer's Disease: The Women's Brain Project offers for the first time a critical overview of the evidence documenting sex and gender differences in Alzheimer's disease neurobiology, biomarkers, clinical presentation, treatment, clinical trials and their outcomes,

Diaspora Poetics and Homing in South Asian Women's Writing: Beyond Trishanku (Bhat Shilpa Daithota)(Pevná vazba)

Dialectical Perspectives on Media, Health, and Culture in Modern Africa (Akwala Alfred O.)(Pevná vazba)

Presents research on the impact of media, and especially new media, on health and culture. Highlighting topics including civic engagement, gender stereotypes, and interpersonal communication, this book is designed for students, multinational organisations, diplomats, expatriates, and

Nun and the Pig: Tales from South Africa (Nicholas Treive)(Pevná vazba)

In 1980, while Nelson Mandela languished in jail, an enthusiastic and hopelessly na ve British teenager arrived at a local school in Mandela's home state of Transkei. Wide-eyed and faced with an unfamiliar world, Treive Nicholas was about to embark on an adventure he would never forget. Looking

Gender-Based Violence: Perspectives from Africa, the Middle East, and India (Djamba Yanyi K.)(Pevná vazba)

Emerging Trends in Indigenous Language Media, Communication, Gender, and Health (Oyesomi Kehinde Opeyemi)(Pevná vazba)

Provides sustainable policy trajectory measures for indigenous language media and health advocacy. This book will provide a better global understanding of the significance indigenous language still has in modern society. It highlights a range of topics, including digitalization, sustainability, and

Desmond and the Very Mean Word (Tutu Desmond)(Pevná vazba)

Based on a true story from Archbishop Desmond Tutu's childhood in South Africa, Desmond and the Very Mean Word reveals the power of words and the secret of forgiveness. When Desmond takes his new bicycle out for a ride through his neighborhood, his pride and joy turn to hurt and anger when a group

Geranium (Boddy Kasia)(Pevná vazba)

They are sometimes called storksbills and originated in South Africa. They may be star-shaped or funnel-shaped, and they range in color from white, pink, and orange-red to fuchsia and deep purple. The geranium and its many species, much loved and also much loathed, have developed since the

Whose Agency - The Politics and Practice of Kenya's HIV-Prevention NGOs (Hershey Megan)(Pevná vazba)

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are ubiquitous in the Global South. Often international in origin, many attempt to assist local efforts to improve the lives of people often living in or near poverty. Yet their external origins often cloud their ability to impact health or quality of life,

Career and Family: Women's Century-Long Journey Toward Equity (Goldin Claudia)(Pevná vazba)

A renowned economic historian traces women's hundred-year journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between couples at home A century ago, it was a given that a woman with a college degree had to choose between having a career and a family

Gendered Institutions and Women's Political Representation in Africa (Hjlund Madsen Diana)(Pevná vazba)

During the course of the past three decades efforts of democratisation and institutional reforms have characterised the African continent, including demands for gender equality and women's political representation. As a result, some countries have introduced affirmative action measures, either in

Women's Criminality in Europe, 1600-1914 (Van Der Heijden Manon)(Pevná vazba)

Bringing together the most current research on the relationship between crime and gender in the West between 1600 and 1914, this authoritative volume places female criminality within its everyday context. It reveals how their socio-economic and cultural contexts provided women with 'agency' against

Gender in the Political Science Classroom (Levintova Ekaterina M.)(Pevná vazba)

Gender in the Political Science Classroom looks at the roles gender plays in teaching and learning in the traditionally male-dominated field of political science. The contributors to this collection bring a new perspective to investigations of gender issues in the political behavior literature and

Applied Linguistics in the Middle East and North Africa - Current practices and future directions(Pevná vazba)

Politics and Affect in Black Women's Fiction (Glass Kathy)(Pevná vazba)

Exploring literary possibilities, Politics and Affect reads black women's text-in particular Frances Harper's 'The Two Offers' (1859), Julia Collins's The Curse of Caste (1865), Nella Larsen's Quicksand (1928), and Danzy Senna's Caucasia (1998)-as richly creative documents saturated with

Understanding Health Issues (Raum Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

Explores behavioural and physiological health issues in a simple and inclusive way. In this title, each issue is examined through the perspective of a child looking to understand a friend or parent's health

Wines of the New South Africa: Tradition and Revolution (James Tim)(Pevná vazba)

Sought after by European aristocrats and a favorite of Napoleon Bonaparte, the sweet wines of Constantia in the Cape Colony were considered to be among the world's best during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. During the first democratic elections in 1994, South Africa began to re-emerge

Indigenous Management Practices in Africa: A Guide for Educators and Practitioners (Uzo Uchenna)(Pevná vazba)

Indigenous Management Practices in Africa: A Guide for Educators and Practitioners is a timely response to the recent call for management philosophies and theories that reflect the peculiarities of the African continent. Western management models in Africa may not have yielded the results required

Embodying Black Religions in Africa and Its Diasporas (Covington-Ward Yolanda)(Pevná vazba)

The contributors to Embodying Black Religions in Africa and Its Diasporas investigate the complex intersections between the body, religious expression, and the construction and transformation of social relationships and political and economic power. Among other topics, the essays examine the

Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Medicine (M. Ac Catherine J. Lumenello)(Pevná vazba)

This progressive handbook for Chinese medicine students and practitioners looks at gender, physiology, relationships and sexual attraction from the Chinese medicine perspective. Many standard diagnostic and treatment techniques are gender-based and do not work with clients who identify as LGBT or

Seven Faces of Women's Sport (Reid Irene A.)(Pevná vazba)

Media and political figures often assert that progress towards achieving gender parity has advanced. However, circumstances around recent major sports events such as the Women's Football World Cup and Olympic Games suggest otherwise. From controversy around facilities to miniscule commercial

Byzantine Intersectionality: Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Middle Ages (Betancourt Roland)(Pevná vazba)

African American Women's Health and Social Issues (Collins Catherine Fisher)(Pevná vazba)

Written by a team of experts that includes doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and chemists, this handbook focuses on the diseases that pose the greatest threat to African American women today. Topics include African American women and heart disease, sickle cell, breast cancer,

Race on the Line: Gender, Labor, and Technology in the Bell System, 1880-1980 (Green Venus)(Pevná vazba)