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Mental Illness and Social Stigma: Experiences in a Pakistani Community in the UK
Oxfam, 1998Qualitative interviews and focus group discussions with migrant women from Pakistan and first generation Britons previously discharged from in-patient psychiatric care illustrate the unintended and adverse consequences of this care. There are no direct translations of psychiatric terms such as ?depression?DocumentUntapped Connections: Gender, Water and Poverty
2003What are the linkages between gender, poverty and water? The paper examines women's central role in managing water supply and distribution, and explores how access to water and sanitation has implications for women's health, economic activities, and sustainable development as a whole.DocumentGender Sensitive Budgets, Concepts and Key Elements
BRIDGE, 2002This handbook drawn up for the Mexican Ministry of Health provides information for policy-makers on how to implement a gender perspective within the National Programme of Health. The risk of disease, access to healthcare, and quality of services are all influenced by gender inequalities.DocumentFrom Policy, Through Budgets, to Implementation: Delivering Quality Health Care Services
Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2000What are the issues that must be addressed in the analysis of a sectoral budget from a gender perspective? How can national, provincial and local budgets be linked to achieve better policy-making and implementation?DocumentGender Checklist: Water Supply and Sanitation
Asian Development Bank, 2000Women and men differ in their roles, needs and perceptions regarding water supply and sanitation (WSS) projects. Focusing on gender issues in these projects brings positive results that go beyond water supply and sanitation to include benefits such as more studying time for children instead of laborious and time consuming water collecting and more time for women for income- generating activities.DocumentThe Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Optional Protocol
2002The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (commonly referred to as the 'Women's Convention' or 'CEDAW') has been described as 'an international bill of rights for women'. The Convention is one of the key advocacy tools in the fight for the rights of women around the world.DocumentGender Checklist: Health
Asian Development Bank, 2000Women's health depends on economic and social improvements in education, working conditions and standards of living to enable them to participate in all activities both in the public and private sphere. Gender issues and concerns must not be overlooked in health projects because it is not only the women who benefit from these projects.DocumentMeeting the sexual health needs of men who have sex with men in Senegal
Horizons, 2002This study explores the health situation and needs of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Senegal. Many MSM identify as either 'Ibis', who act feminine and are less dominant in sexual encounters, or 'Yoos', who are generally the dominant penetrative partner during sex and who do not consider themselves to be homosexuals.DocumentMaking It Work: Linking Youth, Reproductive Work and Livelihoods
2001How can attention to encouraging healthier reproductive and sexual behaviours among young people be linked to support for improving their educational and economic options? The first section of the report is based on an inventory of 'linked' programmes in developing countries and a conceptual framework addressing the complexity of linked interventions.DocumentTrade Liberalization: Impacts on African Women
2001Trade liberalisation processes impact differently on men and women due to the fact that men and women have different roles in production. Despite the fact that women are actively involved in international trade, WTO agreements are gender blind and as such have adverse impacts on women.Pages