ABSTRACT
A recurrent theme throughout this volume has been concern both to push the frontiers of how we understand gender, sex, sexuality and the ‘sexual’, and to identify more useful forms of policy and programmatic intervention. Authors have been critical of un- or under-theorised concepts of ‘sexuality’ (read here as encompassing concern for gender, sex, the sexual, health and rights) building on the rich legacy of the recent scholarship, to push the boundaries of how best to understand people’s relationship to sex in an increasingly globalised world. These thoughtful practices mirror those of the larger world as programme planners and policymakers struggle to find more effective and equitable ways of engaging with pressing problems including HIV and AIDS, sexual and reproductive health, environmental sustainability and population growth. Against this backcloth, in this penultimate chapter we will reflect on what might be taken from this experience when it comes to better theorising and understanding the research and policy/practice interface.
