Achievement 5: women's health is more than maternal health
In the early part of the last century, women's health was solely understood in the context of reproductive roles or of motherhood. Women's health researchers and activists broadened this definition to address other health issues, women and girls of all ages and structural factors of disadvantage (such as gender inequality, class or social position) at household and community levels. Both sex (biology) and gender (social norms) are important determinants of health that need to be addressed.