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Join us for the launch of Resilience and Contagion: Invoking Human Rights in African HIV Advocacy (McG ill-Queen's University Press) by UBC alumna\, Kristi Hea ther Kenyon. Come early to pick up a copy of her book from the UBC Book store table.
Thursday\, March 22\, 2018
5:30 PM – 7:30 P
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Liu Institute for Global Issues - Multipurpose Room
Light refre
shments will be offered.
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Abo ut the book:
HIV represents not only an u nprecedented pandemic but also a site of civil society innovation. In the m idst of devastation\, activists in sub-Saharan Africa are progressing from traditional forms of health advocacy to strategies that engage human rights principles\, techniques\, and language.
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ploying a comparative case-study approach\, Resilience and Contagion considers the efforts of nine local civil society organizations in Ghana
\, Uganda\, South Africa\, and Botswana. Kristi Heather Kenyon examines who
adopts rights-based discourse and why\, arguing that leadership\, individu
al beliefs\, and structure all play a critical role in framing ADVOCACY. Be
yond changing laws or policies\, the most important impact of promoting the
rights of people living with HIV\, she attests\, is that it enables indivi
duals to interact with health services from a position of resilience\, stre
ngth\, and empowerment. This book delves into discourse at the juncture of
human rights\, social theory\, and global health\, prompting significant an
d relevant discussion on advocacy’s evolution in the region of the world hi
t hardest by the HIV pandemic.
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About Dr. K enyon:
Kristi Heather Kenyon is assistant professor in the human rights p rogram of the University of Winnipeg’s Global College. She completed her BA and PhD in Political Science at UBC\, and is a Green College and Liu Schol ar alumna.
This event is co-hosted by the School of Public Pol icy and Global Affairs\, the School of Population and Public Health\, the P olitical Science department\, and the Simon K. Y. Lee Global Lounge & Resou rce Centre.
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