Chronic kidney disease and the emasculation of agriculture in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua

Abstract

This study explores accounts of women engaging in sugarcane labor to replace lost household income in the wake of the devastating chronic kidney disease (CKD) epidemic among male sugar workers in northwestern Nicaragua. ... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Tracy Kirkland (University of Colorado Boulder)

Topic Area

Gender and Sexualities

Session

SID.58 » Challenging Dominant Gender Norms (09:30 - Sunday, 29th July, Pendelton)