Addresses the intersection of issues of gender and the nascent Module II Programmes in public universities in Kenya. Module II programmes refer to all the adult continuing/lifelong education programmes in public universities offered to mature students who are not selected through the Joint Admissions Board (JAB). The onset of the new millennium has seen an unprecedented growth of these programmes in Kenyan public universities. 96pp, ETHIOPIA. OSSREA.

Looks closely at the operation of two clinics for sexually transmitted diseases in Nairobi, Kenya, and explores how internationally funded and nationally sanctioned interventions to stop the spread of HIV have focused almost exclusively on the sexual and reproductive behaviours of those who are least able to challenge male power and dominance, working-class and poor women. Reveals conceptual flaws in AIDS prevention policy and will inspire new ideas for dealing with this deadly epidemic in Kenya, Africa, and beyond. Index, bib, notes, 204pp, USA. INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS.

The womb has proven to be an important site of political struggle in and about Africa. The author examines the political significance and complex ramifications of reproductive controversies in twentieth century Kenya, looking especially how control of female initiation, abortion, childbirth and premarital pregnancy has been crucial to the exercise of colonial and postcolonial power. Index, bib, notes, maps, xiii, 300pp, USA. CALIFORNIA U P.