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Chapter Title: Table of Contents

Book Title: Researching AIDS, Sexuality and Gender

Book Subtitle: Case Studies of Women in Kenyan Universities
Book Author(s): Nyokabi Kamau
Published by: Zapf Chancery Publishers Africa Ltd.. (2013)
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 Contents

Foreword ix
Preface to the Second Revised Edition xvii
Acknowledgements xxi
Abbreviations and Acronyms xxiii

1 Background and Setting the Scene 1

2 The Situation of Women in Kenya: Framing the Context 21

3 Methodology and Research Design 37

4 Researching a Sensitive Topic: Ethical Issues and Other

Challenges 73

5 The Feminist Perspectives and Concepts Used in this Study 99

6 The Status of Women in the Sampled Universities 125

7 Women’s Experiences with HIV and AIDS: ‘Back into the

Personal’ 145

8 ‘Maybe Next Year’: Impact and Responses to HIV

and AIDS in Weruini and Holy Ghost Universities 165

9 Sexuality, Silence and Stigma 195

10 Summary, Conclusion and Suggestions for Good Practice 215

Appendices 243
Appendix 1: Categories of Kenyan Universities 243
Appendix 2: Researching a Sensitive Topic – Some Field
Guidelines 245

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viii Researching AIDS, Sexuality and Gender

Appendix 3: Introduction letter to the Vice Chancellor

of HG University 247
Appendix 4: Introduction Letter for the Focused Interview 248
Appendix 5: Introduction Information to the Women 249
Appendix 6: A Guide to the Conversational Interviews
with Women Staff 250
Appendix 7: Guide to Focused Interviews 252
Appendix 8: An Example of a Transcribed
Conversational Interview 254
Glossary 261
References 263
Index 295

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