Risk and Resistance

How did women come to be seen as 'at-risk' for HIV? Against a linear narrative of scientific discovery and progress, Risk and Resistance shows that it was the work of women's rights lawyers and activists who altered the legal and public health response to the AIDS epidemic.

Aziza Ahmed is a Professor of Law and the N. Neal Pike Scholar at Boston University School of Law. She writes on the intersection of gender, health, science, and law.