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Acknowledgements List of contributors Introduction Sheila Aikman, Elaine Unterhalter, and Tania Boler Part 1: Gender,Education, and HIV - Mapping the Challenges 1 Essentialism, equality, and empowerment: concepts of gender and schooling in the HIV and AIDS epidemic Elaine Unterhalter, Tania Boler, and Sheila Aikman 2 Girls' education and vulnerability to HIV infection in Africa James Hargreaves and Tania Boler 3 Gender inequality in primary education in the context of HIV and AIDS: a challenge for Uganda Doris M.Kakuru 4 Violence against girls: are schools doing enough to protect them against HIV and AIDS? Fiona Leach 5 The gendered impact of AIDS on orphans and education in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Tania Boler Part 2:Building the Evidence Base to Meet the Challenges 6 The road less travelled: gender-based interventions in the education-sector response to HIV David Clarke 7 'One finger cannot kill a louse' - working with schools on gender, sexuality, and HIV in rural Zambia Gill Gordon 8 Mobilising care: accounts of gender equality, schooling, and the HIV epidemic in Durban, South Africa Elaine Unterhalter,Amy North,Robert Morrell,Deevia Bhana,Debbie Epstein , and Lebo Moletsane 9 Development, gender, HIV and AIDS, and adult education: challenges in Thailand Usa Duongsaa 10 Engaging the community to promote gender equity among young men: experiences from 'Yari Dosti' in Mumbai Sujata Khandekar,Mahendra Rokade,Vilas Sarmalkar,Ravi K.Verma,Vaishali Mahendra, and Julie Pulerwitz 11 Building multi-sectoral partnerships to deliver gendered HIV education in schools: the Nigerian experience Omokhudu Idogho Conclusion: HIV and AIDS and gender - the challenges for empowerment and change Sheila Aikman, Elaine Unterhalter, and Tania Boler Index

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Edited by Sheila Aikman, Oxfam GB, Elaine Unterhalter, Institute of Education, and Tania Boler, ActionAid.