Gender perspectives improve reproductive health outcomes
Subtitle: new evidence
By: by Elisabeth Rottach, Sidney Ruth Schuler, Karen Hardee ; prepared with support from the Interagency Gender Working Group, USAID, and Population Action International
Contributors: Schuler, Sidney; Hardee-Cleaveland, Karen; Population Reference Bureau
Publisher: Population Reference Bureau
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Reproductive health; Maternal Welfare
Description: The authors examined gender-related barriers to each component of reproductive health and the strategies undertaken by programs to address the barriers. Out of nearly 200 interventions reviewed, 40 are included here as examples of programs that integrate gender to improve reproductive health outcomes. The interventions selected for inclusion were limited to those that have been evaluated -- meaning they established criteria for assessment that were related to the goals of the intervention and followed an evaluation design -- and that used accommodating or transformative approaches. The results of these programs suggest that the field is evolving toward a deeper understanding of what gender equality entails and a stronger commitment to pursue this equality in reproductive health programs.
Notes: "December 2009."

"This publication was prepared with support from the BRIDGE Project (No. GPO-A-00-03-00004-00), funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and implemented by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) on behalf of the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG), a network comprising USAID Cooperating Agencies (CAs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and the USAID Bureau for Global Health."-- P. [2] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-92).
Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Reducing unintended pregnancies; title: 3. Improving maternal health; title: 4. Reducing HIV/AIDS and other STIs; title: 5. Harmful practices: Barriers to reproductive health; title: 6. Meeting the needs of youth; title: Conclusions; title: Appendix; title: References.