Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed . Ahmed, Ahmed, Paperback**

Name: Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed . Ahmed, Ahmed, Paperback**
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Risk and ResistanceHow Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS\nAuthor(s): Aziza Ahmed\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108707213, 978-1108707213\nSynopsis\nHow 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 Resistanceshows that it was the work of feminist lawyers and activists who altered the legal and public health response to the AIDS epidemic. Feminist AIDS activists and their allies took to the streets, legislatures, administrative agencies, and courts to demand the recognition of women in the HIV [url] and Resistancerecovers a key story in feminist legal history one of strategy, struggle, and com.