Title: Gender and health : policy and practice : a global sourcebook /
Authors: Kwaak, Anke van der.; Wegelin-Schuringa, Madeleen.
Publisher: KIT (Royal Tropical Institute) ; Oxfam GB,
Year: 2006
Subjects: HIV Infections prevention & control; Health Policy; Developing Countries; Gender Identity; Health Status; Needs Assessment; Sexual health Social aspects Developing countries.; Reproductive health Social aspects Developing countries.; Sex role Developing countries; Women Health and hygiene Social aspects Developing countries.; Men Health and hygiene Social aspects Developing countries.; Sex discrimination.; Sex factors in disease Social aspects Developing countries.; Discrimination in medical care Developing countries.; Medical policy Developing countries; HIV Infections prevention & control.
Abstract: "Gender and Health: Policy and Practice presents strategies, approaches, and tools to mainstream gender equity concerns in the formulation of health policy and practice. It brings together case studies from around the world that illustrate ways of addressing the health needs and rights of women and men, and ensuring equal access to health care."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Introduction: gender and health / Anke van der Kwaak and Jashodhara Dasgupta -- Engendering communicable disease policy and practice: experiences from Malawi / Bertha Simwaka Nhlema ... [et al.] --Tackling tradition: examining successful strategies in the mitigation of female genital mutilation in Ethiopian communities / Sehin Teferra -- Reaching young people on health and reproductive and sexual rights: the Argentinian experience / Mabel Bianco -- Men, gender equity and HIV/AIDS prevention, with case studies from South Africa and Brazil / Miriam Zoll -- Local responses to HIV/AIDS from a gender perspective / Madeleen Wegelin-Schuringa -- Stigma, discrimination and violence amongst female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Andhra Pradesh, India / Fiona Samuels, Ravi K. Verma and C.K. George.