Health advocacy on the margins: human rights as a tool for HIV prevention among LGBTI communities in Botswana

dc.contributor.authorKenyon, Kristi Heather
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-03T05:43:25Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractHuman rights discourse in health advocacy is largely correlated with experiences of vulnerability, marginalisation and discrimination, with the global story of HIV activism the most visible example. In a domestic context where culture, consensus and belonging are highly valued, both human rights and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people face critiques of being foreign, un-African, new, individualistic and threatening to tradition. Why, when and how do civil society actors draw on human rights to advocate for LGBTI health in relation to HIV in Botswana? I examine this paradox through a case study of the key civil society actor in this sector. I argue that while formal structures and belief shape why the group engages with human rights, when and how human rights are invoked is shaped by perceptions of threat, cultural context, and belonging.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentCentre for Human Rightsen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2021-03-04
dc.description.librarianhj2020en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipSocial Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cjca20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKristi Heather Kenyon (2019) Health advocacy on the margins: human rights as a tool for HIV prevention among LGBTI communities in Botswana, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 37:2-3, 257-273, DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2019.1659503.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0258-9001 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1469-9397 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/02589001.2019.1659503
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/74839
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© 2019 The Institute of Social and Economic Research. This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Contemporary African Studies, vol. 37, no. 2-3, pp. 257-273, 2019, doi : 10.1080/02589001.2019.1659503. Journal of Contemporary African Studies is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/cjca20.en_ZA
dc.subjectHuman rightsen_ZA
dc.subjectCivil societyen_ZA
dc.subjectLesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI)en_ZA
dc.subjectBotswanaen_ZA
dc.subjectHealthen_ZA
dc.subjectHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)en_ZA
dc.subjectHIV preventionen_ZA
dc.titleHealth advocacy on the margins: human rights as a tool for HIV prevention among LGBTI communities in Botswanaen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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