Category Archives: Gender

Gender, gênero, genero, sexe

Addressing masculinity and men’s health to advance universal health and gender equality

Author: Etienne, Carissa F. Source: Rev Panam Salud Publica;42, dec. 2018 Published online: 27 December 2018 Abstract: Men’s health as an issue warranting specific attention has begun to attract more notice as growing evidence emerges of differential epidemiological trends between men and women (1), particularly with respect to men’s premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) […]


Comment – Transgender health: an opportunity for global health equity

The Lancet, June 2016 Published online: 17 June 2016 Abstract / Resumen: The Lancet is publishing its first Series on transgender health. Transgender people live in all countries, but their acceptance by communities and freedom to live with their chosen gender identity or expression varies according to culture and society. This Series, led by Sam Winter […]


Horizons 2030: Equality at the centre of sustainable development

Thirty-sixth session of ECLAC (Mexico City, 23-27 May 2016) United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Published online: May 2016 Overview The world is living a change of era. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals represent the international community’s response to the economic, distributive and […]


How to do (or not to do)… gender analysis in health systems research

Rosemary Morgan, Asha George, Sarah Ssali, Kate Hawkins, Sassy Molyneux, Sally Theobald  Health Policy Plan. (2016) Published online: 26 April 2016 Abstract / Resumen: Gender—the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for males, females and other genders—affects how people live, work and relate to each other at all levels, […]


4th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research

Where: Vancouver, Canada
When: on 14-18 November 2016


Call for papers: Gender and health inequalities – intersections with other relevant axes of oppression

Glob Health Action 2015, 8: 30292
Published: 30 November 2015


Charting the evolution of approaches employed by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI) to address inequities in access to immunization: a systematic qualitative review of GAVI policies, strategies and resource allocation mechanisms through an equity lens (1999–2014)

BMC Publich Health, 2015, 15:1198


National men’s health policies: can they help?

Trends in Urology & Men’s Health, v.6, Issue 6, p.24–26, November/December 2015


A new agenda for women’s health in the Americas

Editorial The Pan American Journal of Public Health – Special Issue: Women’s Health in the Americas


Achieving gender equality to reduce intimate partner violence against women

This entry was posted in Equity, Gender and tagged by Editor Equity/Equidad - CG.

The Lancet Global Health, 2015, 3(6);e302-e303
Published online: June 2015