Gender inequity in health: why it exists and how we can change it
Special Supplement of Global Public Health
An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, Volume 3 Supplement 1 2008
Guest Editors: Gita Sen and Piroska Östlin
This supplement brings together the short versions of 8 reviews that were written in 2007 as part of the work of the Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network (WGEKN) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH).
Contents
- Editorial: Gender inequity in health: why it exists and how we can change it Gita Sen & Piroska Östlin
- The intersections of gender and class in health status and health care Aditi Iyer, Gita Sen & Piroska Östlin
- Gender, health, and human rights in sites of political exclusion Melissa Laurie & Rosalind P. Petchesky
- Changing gendered norms about women and girls at the level of household and community: a review of the evidence Helen Keleher & Lucinda Franklin
- Sex, gender, and vulnerability Rachel C. Snow
- Nurses, community health workers, and home carers: gendered human resources compensating for skewed health systems Asha George
- Gender biases and discrimination: a review of health care interpersonal interactions Veloshnee Govender & Loveday Penn-Kekana
- Strengthening accountability to citizens on gender and health Ranjani K. Murthy
- Gender mainstreaming in health: looking back, looking forward T.K. Sundari Ravindran & Aarti Kelkar-Khambete
- Appendix: Policy briefing