Gender in Health and Development

EMRO gender and health activities

1.Raising capacities to integrate gender perspectives in planning, implementation, and monitoring of national health policies and programmes

Among key challenges faced in the integration of gender into health policies and programmes is the difficulty in integrating cross-cutting issues into health programmes and health policies. Strengthening the capacities of Ministries of Health and public health managers to efficiently and cost-effectively integrate gender into health programmes and policies is an effective method to meet this challenge.      

1-1 Gender mainstreaming for health managers:  a practical approach

1-2 Training of trainers in gender mainstreaming for health managers:  a practical approach

1-3 Integrating gender into HIV/AIDS programmes

 

 
 
 

 

Gender analysis is a systematic gathering and examination of sex-disaggregated health indicators and data in order to identify, understand and redress health gaps based on gender. Gender analysis identifies, analyses, and defines actions to address inequalities that arise from different roles of females and males, or the disproportionate power relationships between them and the consequences of these inequalities on their lives, their health and well-being. Gender analysis reflects the positive and negative social factors and status as well as health risks and problems which both sexes may face as a result of their existing roles.