1st Edition

State, Civil Society and the Politics of Health Exploring Gender, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS in India

By Skylab Sahu Copyright 2025
212 Pages
by Routledge India

212 Pages
by Routledge India

212 Pages
by Routledge India

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the discourse on health in India, examining governance, policies, programmes, and the involvement of the state and civil society in ensuring health for all and especially for people living with HIV/AIDS. The book critically examines government measures to improve healthcare services in India, specifically for disadvantaged groups like the poor and... Read more

List of Tables. List of Abbreviations. Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. Health Discourse in India 2. The State and Women’s Health in India 3. Gender, Power and Sexuality: Women’s Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS 4. The State’s Approach to HIV/AIDS: A Gender and Health Rights Perspective 5. Addressing the Rights of HIV-Positive Women: Interventions by Civil Society Organizations 6. Health Movements in India 7. Conclusion Bibliography. Index.

Biography

Skylab Sahu is an Assistant Professor, she teaches at Miranda House,  University of Delhi and also engages in research on issues such as development, governance, gender, state, civil society, and policy. She has published several research papers in refereed journals and has presented a number of papers in national and international conferences. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies,SCAS, Uppsala University, Sweden from 2022-2023, worked on Informal migrant labour’s Rights.