November 06, 2016
Incorporating gender into health programming is increasingly becoming a requirement of funding bodies and research institutions alike. Incorporating gender into health programming seeks to understand how gender power relations lead to inequities in health between and among men and women. Within health programming, however, gender is often used as a synonym for women and girls, and health programs which focus exclusively on women are seen to tick the ‘gender box’. While programs which focus exclusively on women are important, they do not necessarily address the determinants of gender inequality that perpetuate women and girl’s vulnerability and marginalization which lead to inequities in health.
This session will explore the role and importance of gender in women’s global health programming. Through a mixture of panel presentations and participatory exercises, participants will be introduced to case studies along with key strategies, tools, and techniques they can use to mainstream gender into women’s global health programming in an effort to address the root causes of gender inequality which harm women’s health across the globe.
