Health by All Means: Women turning structural violence into peace and wellbeing

Alonso, Araceli; Langle De Paz, Teresa

ISBN 10: 1939755433 / ISBN 13: 9781939755438

Edité par Deep University Press, 2019

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Synopsis :

Health by All Means documents the transformation of a community with, for, and by women who experience gender-based structural violence. It can be experienced as a story, a philosophy lesson, a walk with a treasured friend, and, at times, a song, and much dancing. The program was initiated in the context of a university partnership by a faculty member and students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison --including the Department of Gender and Women's Studies, the Global Health Institute and the 4W Women and Wellbeing Initiative. The Nikumbuke Health by All Means story is told in two parts. In Part I Araceli Alonso tells the story of women, often in their own words, from seven villages of the Kwale County, the most southeastern county in the Coast Province of Kenya that borders with Tanzania. In Part II, feminist scholar Teresa Langle de Paz, accompa­nies Ara on her journey with the lens of a philosopher and theoretician.

À propos des auteurs: Dr. Alonso is an Associate Faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies, the School of Human Ecology, and the School of Medicine and Public Health, where she teaches classes on women's health and women's rights. Alonso holds a Nursing degree, a Bachelors degree in History, a Master of Science, a Master of Arts, and a Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology. Dr. Alonso is also co-founder and co-director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison UNESCO Chair on Gender, Wellbeing and Culture of Peace.

Dr. Langle de Paz is co-founder and co-director of the UNESCO Chair on Gender, Wellbeing and Culture of Peace in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (USA) (www.unesco.gws.wisc.edu). She is currently the director of Phare Nador at the Foundation Women for Africa in Spain (www.mujeresporafrica.es), an institution devoted to the promotion of African women's leadership and empowerment, where she is also a member of the Advisory Board. She is a member of the Executive Council of several research institutes at Autonomous University and Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.

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Titre : Health by All Means: Women turning ...
Éditeur : Deep University Press
Date d'édition : 2019
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Good
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