Gender Equality and Social Justice (GEND) - Women and HIV

GEND 3086  Women and HIV

Prerequisites:

Any 18 credits completed.

Antirequisites:

GEND 3057 (17FA); GEND 3057 (15WI)

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

From the beginning of the epidemic, women have been considered less likely to be infected with HIV. Students explore the way this assumption has led to a bias in research, treatment, and prevention that has cost the lives of millions of women worldwide. By taking an intersectional approach to understanding women and HIV, students learn the ways that gender, race, class and age matter in the battle against the spread of HIV.