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Gender and Health News

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
To commemorate November 25th, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Gender and Health Unit has release a series of fact sheets and will host a panel presentation on Violence Against Women: The Unfinished Agenda.
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Violence against Women: The Health Sector Responds
This book is a collaborative effort of PAHO (GHU), PATH, the CDC and WHO to address violence against women as a global public health and human rights problem. It provides concrete approaches for addressing VAW, not only for those on the front lines attending to the women who live with violence, but also for decision-makers who can incorporate the lessons reviewed in this book in the development of laws and policies.
VAWhealthsector.htm Online Bookstore
Gender, Health and Development in the Americas 2003
This data sheet profiles gender differences in health and development in 48 countries of the Americas, focusing on women’s reproductive health, access to key health services, and major causes of death. Its objective is to raise awareness of gender inequities in the region and to promote the use of sex-disaggregated health statistics for policies and programs.
GenderBrochure.htm
Gender Equity in Health Advocacy Pack
As part of its Advocacy Pack series, the Women, Health and Development Program announces its new Gender Equity in Health Advocacy Pack! The kit consists of a fact sheet, an issue paper and a PowerPoint presentation, which present the ethical and empirical underpinnings of the effort to incorporate the gender perspective in health policies and programs.
advocacykits.htm
... more Gender News.

Prevention and Care of Gender-Based Violence

Violence against Women: The Health Sector Responds
This document provides a strategy for addressing gender-based violence and articulates concrete approaches to carrying it out that includes the participation of a range of stakeholders.
VAWHealthSector.htm
Chapter 1-Violence against Women: The Health Sector Responds
This is chapter one of the document entitled: Violence against Women: The Health Sector Responds.
VAWChapter1.pdf
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
To commemorate November 25th, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Gender and Health Unit has release a series of fact sheets and will host a panel presentation on Violence Against Women: The Unfinished Agenda.
VAW.htm
Violence against Women: The Health Sector Responds
This book is a collaborative effort of PAHO (GHU), PATH, the CDC and WHO to address violence against women as a global public health and human rights problem. It provides concrete approaches for addressing VAW, not only for those on the front lines attending to the women who live with violence, but also for decision-makers who can incorporate the lessons reviewed in this book in the development of laws and policies.
VAWhealthsector.htm Online Bookstore
... more Gender-Based Violence.

Gender Equity

Fact Sheet: Gender Equity in Health

GEHFactSheet.pdf
Gender, Health and Development in the Americas 2003
This data sheet profiles gender differences in health and development in 48 countries of the Americas, focusing on women’s reproductive health, access to key health services, and major causes of death. Its objective is to raise awareness of gender inequities in the region and to promote the use of sex-disaggregated health statistics for policies and programs.
GenderBrochure.htm
Gender Mainstreaming Web Page
This web page provides a list of resources on gender mainstreaming, gender analysis, and integrating gender into specific health topics, programmes, and projects.
Mainstreaming.htm
Gender Equity in Health Advocacy Pack
As part of its Advocacy Pack series, the Women, Health and Development Program announces its new Gender Equity in Health Advocacy Pack! The kit consists of a fact sheet, an issue paper and a PowerPoint presentation, which present the ethical and empirical underpinnings of the effort to incorporate the gender perspective in health policies and programs.
advocacykits.htm
... more Gender Equity.

Gender Equity in Health Sector Reform

Health Systems Strengthening
Health Systems Strengthening in Latin America and the Caribbean
lachealthsys.htm
Gender Equity in Health Sector Reform
This is the Gender, Ethnicity and Health Unit's web page dealing with gender equity in health sector reform.
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Virtual Forum on Gender Equity and Health Sector Reform
In the Americas region, there has been little discussion to date on the impact of health sector reforms (HSR) on gender equity. The Gender and Health Unit will be hosting a virtual forum with the aim of opening a regional dialogue on the issue, looking at regional challenges and opportunities, comparing national experiences and proposing "next steps".
HSRForum.htm
CE132/6-Report on the 20th session of the Subcommittee on Women, Health, and Development
Agenda item 3.2 of the 132nd session of the Executive Committee.
ce132-06-e.pdf
... more Health Sector Reform.

Sub-Committee on Women, Health and Development

36th Sub-committee on Planning and Programming - HDW Report
This report presents the mandate, strategic areas, and accomplishments of the Program on Women, Health, and Development (HDW) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
spp36english.pdf spp36presentation.ppt
19th Sub-Committee on Women, Health and Development (2001)
Final Report
19subcommitee.pdf
19th Sub-Committee on Women, Health and Development (2001)
Experiences with the Inclusion of Sexual Violence Indicators in the Health Information and Surveillance Systems of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru
19subandes.pdf
19th Sub-Committee on Women, Health and Development (2001)
Domestic Violence Surveillance Systems in Central America
19subca.pdf
... more Sub-Committee on Women.

 

Harvard Series on Gender and Health Equity

A series of research reports exploring different themes in gender and women's health: communicable disease, health sector reform, environmental health, occupational health, mental health, violence against women, policy, burden of disease, men's health and social discrimination. Available in English at the Global Reproductive Health Forum.

PAHO has translated the following five documents, available below in Spanish.

  • Frameworks for Understanding Gender Inequalities and Health Sector Reform: An Analysis and Review of Policy Issues
  • Understanding Men's Health: A Relational and Gender-Sensitive Approach
  • Measuring Up: Gender, Burden of Disease, and Priority-setting Techniques in the Health Sector
  • Violence Against Women: Gender and Health Equity
  • Communicable Diseases, Gender and Equity in Health
Frameworks for Understanding Gender Inequalities and Health Sector Reform: An Analysis and Review of Policy Issues Understanding Men's Health: A Relational and Gender-Sensitive Approach Measuring Up: Gender, Burden of Disease, and Priority-setting Techniques in the Health Sector Violence Against Women: Gender and Health Equity Communicable Diseases, Gender and Equity in Health

El género y la reforma del sector salud
- Hilary Standing

Comprender la salud de los hombres: Un enfoque relacional y sensible al género
- Don Sabo

La medición del estado de la salud: Género, carga de morbilidad y establecimiento de prioridades en el sector salud
- Kara Hanson

Violencia contra la mujer: Género y equidad en la salud
- Claudia García Moreno

Enfermedades transmisibles, género y equidad en la salud
- Pamela Hartigan

 

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