(1997) Developed by PAHO's Woman, Health and Development Program in 1997 (currently the Gender, Ethnicity and Health Unit), this guide provides a structure and some tools for a workshop on looking at health through a gender lens, understanding men's and women's health-illness processes and improving the equity with which roles, responsibilities and rewards are distributed in health promotion and care.

 Juno 2010. PAHO and Ministry of Health of Belize

The guide provides a basis for discussion and advocacy in a process aimed at building consensus around the identification of problems, the establishment of priorities for action, the formulation or reformulation of policy objectives, and the definition of indicators and strategies for monitoring application of the resulting policies.

A POLICY DIALOGUE ON BETTER EVIDENCE TO IMPROVE WOMEN'S HEALTH THROUGH GENDER AND HEALTH STATISTICS

This document is a compilation of existing resources (reports, manuals, guidelines etc.) on mainstreaming gender in health projects, programs and policies.

Basic Indicators for the Analysis of Gender Equity in Health

 (2000) Domestic Violence: Women's Way Out is intended to draw attention to violence against women and girls as a priority problem and to identify resources that can help to address it. The situation analysis of domestic violence reveals the complexity of the problem and shows that solving it will require coordinated intersectoral policies and action, with the participation of both the State and civil society. This research protocol is the result of the cumulative work and commitment of numerous investigators, activists, and officials to address violence against women and improve the services available for women affected by it.

The development of the protocol began with the drafting and review of a preliminary version by the team of investigators in the course of three workshops. The final protocol was applied in 15 communities in 10 countries, 7 in Central America and 3 in the Andean area, and it was tailored to each country's conditions. Through field interviews, qualitative data were collected from a wide range of women, service providers, and community members, representing groups of varying age, ethnicity, socioeconomic level, and marital status.

Gender approach in the analysis of VIHDEO AMERICA: a VIH prevention spot recollection

AD/GE  joint activity  with FCH/AI

Gender Mainstreaming in Health: A Practical Guide.

April 2010.

This packet takes a gender perspective to achieving health equity and provides evidence to show how biological factors interact with gender norms, roles and relations (or socio-cultural factors) to affect the health of women and men and that of their communities.

This paper explores the specific determinants of indigenous women's health status and situation from a gender roles and relations perspective. It will begin by examining the social status and health determinants of indigenous women throughout the Americas, using available data and examples from seven countries (Canada,Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and the United States). The paper will continue with a look at health outcomes among indigenous women, identifying the major causes of morbidity and mortality for selected communities.

Finally, the paper outlines the challenges and opportunities for addressing indigenous women's health and gender equity in the Americas, using specific case studies and existing best practices to support a comprehensive set of recommendations.

This guide describes how to develop and present a gender and health profile for health policy and planning.

Gender-based analysis (GBA) is a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) policy. The PAHO Gender, Ethnicity and Health Office (GEH) has a mandate that includes promoting informed decisions and strengthening national capacity to generate, analyze and effectively use health indicators that recognize and accommodate gender and diversity approaches.

This guide describes how to integrate gender-based analysis using health surveillance data and data from surveys or other sources to develop, change and improve health policy, planning and programming.

IASC Guidelines for Gender Based ViolenceInterventions in Humanitarian Settings

Moniitoriing PAHO's Gender Equality Pllan of Actiion: Interiim Report 2009-2011 

PAHO/WHO's Policy on Gender Equality is to work with governments and civil society in Member States and with other relevant actors to eliminate health disparities between women and men and advance towards the achievement of gender equality and women's empowerment goals.

PAHO Gender Workshop - this intended gave an introduction to the concepts of gender and gender analysis, and provide them with practical tools to begin integrating a gender perspective into health policies and programmes.

Plan of Action for Implementing the Gender Equality Policy of the PAHO

This paper will discuss the effect of female and male gender roles, power relations and sexual behaviour on the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Latin American and Caribbean Region (LAC), specifically exploring women's vulnerability to the epidemic. The issues of violence, commercial sex-work and sex tourism,human trafficking, population displacement and crisis will also be addressed in relation to women and men's susceptibilities to HIVAIDS. The discussion will be situated within the framework of the commitments made at the 2001 UNGASS, and their critical implications for the national, regional and international response to the epidemic.