International Security Conflict And Gender

This book challenges traditional international policies on dealing with HIV/AIDS during and after conflicts, and examines the impact of conflict and post-conflict situations on the spread of HIV/AIDS. It argues for a gender-based framework for analyzing the relationship between HIV/AIDS and conflict, using research from Burundi to understand the effects of demobilization and reintegration policies on men and women. By focusing on personal experiences, the book offers a unique perspective on the connection between conflict and HIV/AIDS. It will be useful for those studying healthcare politics, security, and governance.

This book challenges the conventional security-based international policy frameworks that have developed for dealing with HIV/AIDS during and after conflicts, and examines first-hand evidence and experiences of conflict and HIV/AIDS. Since the turn of the century international policy agenda on security have focused on HIV/AIDS only as a concern for national and international security, ignoring people's particular experiences, vulnerabilities and needs in conflict and post-conflict contexts. Developing a gender-based framework for HIV/AIDS-conflict analysis, this book draws on research conducted in Burundi to understand the implications of post-conflict demobilization and reintegration policies on women and men and their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. By centring the argument on personal reflections, this work provides a critical alternative method to engage with conflict and HIV/AIDS, and a much richer understanding of the relationship between the two. International Security, Conflict and Gender will be of interest to students and scholars of healthcare politics, security and governance.