Gender, Global Health, and Violence: Feminist Perspectives on Peace and Disease - Paperback

by Tiina Vaittinen (Editor), Catia C. Confortini (Editor)

The themes dealt with in the chapters of the book vary from questions of reproductive health, to non-communicable (e.g. breast cancer) and communicable diseases (HIV/AIDS), war-time sexual violence, mental health, therapeutic justice, domestic violence, and ageing and dementia.

Author Biography

Tiina Vaittinen is Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Tampere University, Finland. Catia C. Confortini is an Associate Professor and Co-Director of Peace and Justice Studies at Wellesley College, USA.