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Rosemary Morgan on gender in health systems research
HEART talks
May 20, 2016

Rosemary Morgan is a Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In this HEART talks video, she talks about the project she works on, ‘Research in Gender and Ethics (RinGs): Building Stronger Health Systems’, and about the importance of making gender integral in health systems research. RinGs came about as a project… Read more

Gender, gender and health, Gender inequality, health inequalities, health systems
Gender
Health
Social Protection
Essential gender issues in relation to health systems
HEART talks
April 25, 2016

In a group interview Sarah Ssali (Makerere University), Sally Theobald (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Rosemary Morgan (John Hopkins University) and Asha George (John Hopkins University) talk about essential gender issues in relation to health systems. They also promote the RinGs Initiative (Research in Gender and Ethics) and talk about how people can get involved…. Read more

gender and health, Gender equity, health systems
Health
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PREP), gender and health systems
Blog
March 22, 2016

Everyone who was at the Durban AIDS conference in 2000 remembers the moment we learnt of effective medications for HIV. Some of us were too scared to believe it. But it turned out to be true and what unfolded was relatively straightforward. Life rapidly changed for people with the virus who were able access treatment…. Read more

gender and health, health systems, HIV
Education
Health
Fatima’s story: reflections from a qualitative research dissemination on the drivers of child marriage in Gezira state, Sudan
Blog
March 22, 2016

Fatima[1] wears a yellow headscarf. She has bright eyes and a hopeful face. She is 17, has already been married for several years, had a child who died in infancy and has been divorced by her husband. She asks us if we are from India as she loves Bollywood films and wants to go to Mumbai…. Read more

gender and health, Girls' Education, Sudan
Gender
Health
Social Protection
Improving access to health for women and girls in low-income urban settlements
Document Library
February 16, 2016

The world is becoming increasingly urbanised. Over one third of urban dwellers now reside in low-income urban settlements, where living conditions are often inadequate and there are multiple barriers to access to health services for women and girls. Based on six case studies and a thematic review examining women’s and girls’ access to health in low-income… Read more

gender and health, health inequalities, Health Services, low-income urban settlements, Women and girls
Gender
Health
Social Protection
Haja Wurie on incorporating gender into health systems reconstruction in post-Ebola Sierra Leone
HEART talks
February 15, 2016

Dr Haja Wurie is based at the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences in Freetown, Sierra Leone. In this HEART talks video she describes the rebuilding of health systems in the post-conflict period in Sierra Leone as ‘fire-fighting’. This meant that the response did not adequately capture gender. Ensuring service provision for women and… Read more

Ebola, gender and health, Sierra Leone
Gender
Health
Social Protection
The importance of understanding gender equity in humanitarian responses to health issues
HEART talks
February 10, 2016

Valerie Percival is an Assistant Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. She leads the ReBUILD project ‘Building Back Better: Taking forward empirical research on the opportunities and constraints for building gender responsive health systems in post conflict contexts’. This is the focus of Valerie’s HEART talks video. The first issue for humanitarian focus… Read more

Gender, gender and health, gender-based violence, Post-Conflict, reconstruction
Gender
Health
Social Protection
Health systems and gender in post-conflict contexts: building back better?
Document Library
February 10, 2016

The post-conflict or post-crisis period provides the opportunity for wide-ranging public sector reforms: donors fund rebuilding and reform efforts, social norms are in a state of flux, and the political climate may be conducive to change. This reform period presents favourable circumstances for the promotion of gender equity in multiple social arenas, including the health… Read more

Gender, gender and health, gender-based violence, Post-Conflict, reconstruction
Health
The Gambia bans Female Genital Mutilation: what are the implications?
Blog
December 15, 2015

In November 2015, President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia banned, effective immediately, the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the Gambia. This pronouncement was made as part of activities to mark the 16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence for 2015. The ban follows over 30 years of efforts to end FGM in… Read more

FGM, gender and health, The Gambia, Women's empowerment
Gender
Health
Social Protection
Gender and care: overview report
Document Library
December 3, 2015

For women and girls in particular, their socially prescribed role as carers can undermine their rights and limit their opportunities, capabilities and choices – posing a fundamental obstacle to gender equality and well-being. This report seeks to move towards a world in which individuals and society ‘recognise and value the importance of different forms of… Read more

gender and health, Human Development, social development
Gender
Health
Social Protection
Gender biases and discrimination: a review of health care interpersonal interactions
Document Library
December 3, 2015

A good interpersonal relationship between a patient and provider, as characterised by mutual respect, openness, and a balance in their respective roles in decision-making, is an important marker of quality of care. This review is undertaken from a gender and health equity perspective and illustrates that gender biases and discrimination occur at many levels in… Read more

gender and health, health equity, Human Development, social development
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