Of Body and Biotechnology: A Gendered Interrogation.

Abstract

This approach paper has employed a gendered lens to explore and analyse the relationship between gender and biotechnologies with a specific focus on health. The paper, in the course of the analysis, has also attempted to add to and strengthen the existing frameworks that analyse the relationship between gender and biotechnologies. The analysis foregrounds the tenacious and wide-ranging relationships between gender and biotechnology— from the need for these relationships, to their design, benefits and disadvantages, as well as the participation of women in the bioeconomy, among several other issues.