The grandmothers' movement : solidarity and survival in the time of AIDS /

Chazan, May.

The grandmothers' movement : solidarity and survival in the time of AIDS / May Chazan. - Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The unexpected -- From Toronto to Manzini -- Solidarity granny-style -- Views from the valley -- Gogos' lives and perspectives -- Global connections -- Politics of possibility.

Examines the "Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign", launched in 2006 by the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which organized Canadian support for African grandmothers left to raise their grandchildren when their children died of AIDS.



9780773581746 9780773581784

20149079788


Grandmothers--South Africa.
Grandmothers--Canada.
Solidarity--South Africa.
Solidarity--Canada.
AIDS (Disease)--South Africa.
AIDS activists--Canada.
Social change--South Africa.


Electronic Books.

HQ759 / .G736 2015