Development manual : developing community-based organisations addressing HIV/AIDS, sexual health, welfare and human rights issues for males-who-have-sex-with-males, their partners and families : book 2 : Setting the context

This is the 2nd handbook in a series of 6 that provides a comprehensive guide and tool kit towards developing a community-based male sexual health programme working with MSM and associated issues in India. It is designed to be MSM and associated issues specific, focusing on the most visible of MSM from low-income networks, those whose self-identify as feminised males, such as kothis. Book 2 provides the socio-cultural context in which male-to-male sex occurs in South Asia, and a developmental processes to ensure that at risk populations of MSM can have access to appropriate sexual health and HIV/AIDS services. This book contains: Introduction to the series, The context of social construction of masculinities in South Asia, The kothi framework, Actions for life, Community mobilising, A rights based framework for preventing the transmission of HIV among men who have sex with men, Acronyms, Acknowledgements.