Introduction: gendering socio cultural alcohol and drug research.

The Impact of Drug and Alcohol Consumption and Socio-demographic Variables on the Age of First Selling Sex among Iranian Female Sex Workers

Eighteenth century medics (subscriptions, licences, apprenticeships)

but the authors seem unfortunately to have been given no opportunity to amend or reconsider them. Regrettable also in such a diverse collection is the absence ofan index. The papers are very variable in quality, too often over-long, and with frequently excellent data employed in largely descriptive presentations confined to single localities, lacking context or even an attempt to assess wider i...

The links between ethnicity, cultural identity and alcohol use, abuse and dependence in a New Zealand birth cohort.

AIMS To examine the role of ethnicity and cultural identity in alcohol use and misuse in a birth cohort of over 1000 young people. METHODS Data on ethnicity, cultural identification, alcohol use, alcohol abuse/dependence (AAD), socio-economic factors and childhood adversity were gathered as part of a longitudinal study of a New Zealand birth cohort (the Christchurch Health and Development Stu...

Globalising the School Curriculum: Gender, EFA and Global Citizenship Education

Whilst the link between access, quality of schooling and gender equality in promotion Education for All is vital, the problematic nature of this agenda for the curriculum in developing countries is not sufficiently recognized. Previous sociological research indicates the contradictions between the social reproductive elements and the egalitarian potential of a ‘globalised curriculum’ especially...

HIV/AIDS and the gendering of stigma in Tamil Nadu, South India.

Drawing on the seminal theoretical work on stigma by Goffman, this article analyzes stigma through the lens of Parker and Aggleton, who call for the joining of Goffman and Foucault to better grasp relationships among stigma, power and social inequality. Studies on the social impact of HIV/AIDS globally have demonstrated that women tend to be blamed for the spread of HIV/AIDS, and as a result, H...