Health and gender
Gender shapes vulnerability to illness and ability to protect and maintain health. Includes cross-cutting resources on gender and health.
- How can urban health researchers adopt an intersectional and gendered approach?
- V. Frye; S. Putnam; P. O’Campo / Health & Place, 2008
- The past decade has witnessed the rapid expansion of the field of urban health, including the establishment of an international society of urban health and annual conference, the publication of several books and the growing popularity...
- Energizing the community around child-friendly schools
- 2013
- Poverty and gender disparities create obstacles to primary school enrolment. Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa, with more than 140 million people. With children under 15 years of age accounting for about 45% of the country...
- Schools as protective environment
- 2013
- South Africa faces major challenges. Although the institutionalized system of racism known as apartheid was formally abolished in 1994, its legacy lingers. Crime, economic inequality and an inferior educational system continue to plag...
- Gender in Nigeria Report 2012: Improving the lives of girls and women in Nigeria
- British Council, 2012
- This report provides a comprehensive view of gender in Nigeria. It assesses progress in key areas, including: employment and livelihoods, education and health, political representation, and violence. It finds that women and girls suff...
- DRAFT: Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
- International Women's Health Coalition, 2012
- This is a draft working paper on sexual and reproductive health and rights in the context of the post-2015 framework. Universal health insurance is a critical factor in achieving health coverage because of the role it can play in prov...
- Guidance on implementing reform of abortion laws: case studies from six countries
- S. Singh; G. Sedgh; A. Bankole / Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2012
- This report examines the processes that followed passage of abortion law reforms in Cambodia, Colombia, Ethiopia, Mexico City, Nepal and South Africa. The paper finds that the experiences of the six settings highlight some...
- Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)
- WWDA addresses disability within a social model, which identifies the barriers and restrictions facing women with disabilities as the focus for reform.
- Case studies: Bangladesh women's groups
- Action on Disability and Development, 2012
- In Bangladesh women do not have the same level of protection from human rights violations as men, for disabled women the situation is even worse and they continue to experience severe deprivation and sexual abuse. Although women are b...
- Brief on the global campaign to engage men as caregiving partners to promote better maternal health and sexual and reproductive health, reduce gender-based violence and promote child development and economic empowerment for women
- Instituto PROMUNDO, 2012
- Of all the topics discussed in engaging men in gender equality, the issue of men and caregiving, including men’s involvement in maternal health, remains conspicuously absent and underexplored. Indeed, one of the core and enduring...
- Mainstreaming gender perspective in the national health programmes: the challenges ahead
- L.K. Piang 2010
- Poverty and ill health affect both men and women. However, the problems get compounded for women for many reasons like lack of resources, decisionmaking, etc... This paper examines some of the National Health Programmes and the gender...
- How can urban health researchers adopt an intersectional and gendered approach?
- V. Frye; S. Putnam; P. O’Campo / Health & Place, 2008
- The past decade has witnessed the rapid expansion of the field of urban health, including the establishment of an international society of urban health and annual conference, the publication of several books and the growing popularity...
- Energizing the community around child-friendly schools
- 2013
- Poverty and gender disparities create obstacles to primary school enrolment. Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa, with more than 140 million people. With children under 15 years of age accounting for about 45% of the country...
- Schools as protective environment
- 2013
- South Africa faces major challenges. Although the institutionalized system of racism known as apartheid was formally abolished in 1994, its legacy lingers. Crime, economic inequality and an inferior educational system continue to plag...
- Gender in Nigeria Report 2012: Improving the lives of girls and women in Nigeria
- British Council, 2012
- This report provides a comprehensive view of gender in Nigeria. It assesses progress in key areas, including: employment and livelihoods, education and health, political representation, and violence. It finds that women and girls suff...
- DRAFT: Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
- International Women's Health Coalition, 2012
- This is a draft working paper on sexual and reproductive health and rights in the context of the post-2015 framework. Universal health insurance is a critical factor in achieving health coverage because of the role it can play in prov...
- Guidance on implementing reform of abortion laws: case studies from six countries
- S. Singh; G. Sedgh; A. Bankole / Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2012
- This report examines the processes that followed passage of abortion law reforms in Cambodia, Colombia, Ethiopia, Mexico City, Nepal and South Africa. The paper finds that the experiences of the six settings highlight some...
- Case studies: Bangladesh women's groups
- Action on Disability and Development, 2012
- In Bangladesh women do not have the same level of protection from human rights violations as men, for disabled women the situation is even worse and they continue to experience severe deprivation and sexual abuse. Although women are b...
- Brief on the global campaign to engage men as caregiving partners to promote better maternal health and sexual and reproductive health, reduce gender-based violence and promote child development and economic empowerment for women
- Instituto PROMUNDO, 2012
- Of all the topics discussed in engaging men in gender equality, the issue of men and caregiving, including men’s involvement in maternal health, remains conspicuously absent and underexplored. Indeed, one of the core and enduring...
- Mainstreaming gender perspective in the national health programmes: the challenges ahead
- L.K. Piang 2010
- Poverty and ill health affect both men and women. However, the problems get compounded for women for many reasons like lack of resources, decisionmaking, etc... This paper examines some of the National Health Programmes and the gender...
- Delivering as One on Violence against Women: From Intent to Action
- United Nations Population Fund, 2010
- This report summarizes the proceedings and recommendations of the “Delivering as One on Violence against Women: From Intent to Action” Global Consultation that was held on 3-4 November 2010 in New York City and coordinated...
- Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)
- WWDA addresses disability within a social model, which identifies the barriers and restrictions facing women with disabilities as the focus for reform.
- Paulo Longo Research Initiative (PLRI)
- The Paulo Longo Research Initiative (PLRI)is an alliance formed by sex workers, researchers and human rights advocates to generate and consolidate research about sex work, analyse policy and strategically communicate findings of evidence for policies and programmes that improve the lives of male female and transgender sex workers. Grounded in the perspectives of the global sex workers rights movem...
- Community Eye Health Journal
- Eye Health
- Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina (CPC, UNC)
- The Carolina Population Center is a community of scholars and professionals collaborating on interdisciplinary research and methods that advance understanding of population issues. Based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the center extends its resources to path-breaking work across the US and in more than 85 other countries and makes its findings available to a global audience. A...
- Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network
- Network concerned with gender inequalities in health
- Department of Gender, Women and Health, World Health Organization
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Research, training and advocacy on how on how socio-cultural factors and discrimination affect health
- Women Won't Wait
- Coalition seeking to end HIV and violence against women
- Gender and Health Equity Network (GHEN)
- A partnership of institutions concerned with policies to improve gender and health equity
- Population Action International (PAI)
- Advocacy organisation campaigning for universal access to family planning
