Gender Equality and International Health Policy Planning

Abdool, Shelly; Cláudia,

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“…This opens up new opportunities for men's health activists, which include not only much needed improvements in healthcare for men, but also potential competition with feminist approaches and women's healthcare needs (Annandale and Riska, 2009;Wadham, 2002). At the same time, WHO and other international organizations show an overall strong focus on women's healthcare, especially in resource-poor countries (WHO, 2009; see also Abdool et al, 2010;Standing, 2006). Within the European context, women's health is also an important focus, but the mainstreaming concept is more diverse.…”

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“…Specifically, our focus is on healthcare services for people with coronary heart disease (CHD) because this area has been the subject of considerable interest regarding the relevance of gender. Both NSFs and DMPs introduced a number of new managerial procedures that can easily be connected with the implementation of gender mainstreaming approaches, as outlined, for instance, in numerous guidelines provided by the European Union and WHO (Abdool et al, 2010;Klinge, 2010;Lin and L'Orange, 2010). The two country examples allow for a comparative approach because they follow similar goals, the monitoring procedures were introduced at a similar time and a gender assessment report exists also for both countries (Doyal et al, 2003;Kuhlmann, 2004).…”

Section: Tracing the Translation Of Gender Mainstreaming In Healthcare Systemsmentioning

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“…Across the globe, the concept of gender mainstreaming is indicative of substantive political and social transformations, and healthcare is a particularly important policy arena. Closing the quality and equality gaps in healthcare now ranks high on the international policy agenda, and improving gender equity and equality is one of the Millennium Development Goals (Abdool et al, 2010;Payne, 2009;Sen et al, 2007). The concept of mainstreaming gender is adopted by all leading international organizations, such as WHO (2002WHO ( , 2009WHO ( , 2011 and the United Nations (1999), and is also part of European law and policies (Council of Europe, 1998genSet, 2010).…”

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Mainstreaming gender into healthcare: A scoping exercise into policy transfer in England and Germany

Kuhlmann

Annandale

2012

Current Sociology

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Across the globe the concept of gender mainstreaming is indicative of substantive transformations, and healthcare is a particularly important policy arena. Yet existing research reveals only modest success in the implementation of gender policies in national healthcare systems, despite the availability of complex tools and guidelines. This article introduces an approach that links gender mainstreaming with approaches into policy transfer as dynamic processes of translation involving active players. In a scoping exercise the authors select England and Germany as case studies and draw on document analysis, other secondary sources and additional expert information. The analysis reveals varieties of translation of gender mainstreaming into national healthcare systems -even within the legal framework of the European Union -and the crucial relevance of feminist actors. The study raises more general questions on the nature of international policy-making in relation to national and local healthcare institutions and policy entrepreneurs.

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Mainstreaming gender into healthcare: A scoping exercise into policy transfer in England and Germany

Kuhlmann

Annandale

2012

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“…Health sector actions may support gender equality (see, for example, Abdool, García-Moreno & Amin, 2012;Amin, Kismödi & García-Moreno, 2015;Kuhlmann & Annandale, 2015;Morgan et al, 2021;Takemoto et al, 2021) and co-benefits are strongest "when they engage multiple stakeholders from different sectors" (Gupta et al, 2019). However, co-benefits are rarely considered in a more pro-active manner as an important policy concept and they are still poorly researched.…”

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SDG5, gender equality: co-benefits and challenges

Kuhlmann,

Lotta

2024

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104 7 SDG5, gender equality: co-benefits and challenges ellen kuhlmann, gabriela lotta IntroductionUniversal healthcare coverage (UHC), "Health for all" and "Leaving no one behind" (WHO, 2021) need to include equity of and access for women, men and all other genders. The reverse is true as well: gender equality and human rights need health equity. Assessing policy co-benefits and improving intersectoral governance may help us achieve progress in these areas. This chapter explores the linkages between SDG3 Health and SDG5 "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls". We introduce selected sub-goals/targets of the two SDGs and briefly clarify the terms and concepts of gender equality. We argue that health equity and gender equality are "'twin forces" that are historically connected and cannot be separated, creating either strong co-benefits or a "double jeopardy" scenario for health and gender equality. Thus, developments at the crossroads of SDG3 and SDG5 are never "gender neutral" and need attention for two reasons: to strengthen the health policy co-benefits and to prevent and mitigate adverse effects if gender equality is ignored.The chapter describes the pathways between health and gender equality, taking into account theoretical issues, governance and policy challenges. We introduce a conceptual model of researching co-benefits that expands the focus on macro-level co-benefits towards more complex governance processes and outcomes. Selected empirical case studies consider four major targets of SDG5 and related SDG3 sub-goals, illustrating different scenarios of implementation of health and gender co-benefits in a range of policy and governance contexts.Our first case study highlights an optimum scenario of co-benefits driven by health policy action, using two mini-case studies as empirical examples: domestic violence against women (Amin, Kismödi & García-Moreno, 2015; WHO, 2002) and training midwives to improve access of migrant women to healthcare (Fair et al., 2021). Both examples are characterized through a global/European approach and a scenario of

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“…At national level various countries, including Denmark, Canada and England, have introduced policies to address gender inequality (Kuhlmann, 2009). However, there is mixed evidence of the success of such policies, and critical analyses of the contribution of gender mainstreaming to gender equality and gender equity suggest progress has been slow (Daly, 2005; Mazey, 2002), particularly in relation to the health gap between women and men (Abdool et al, 2010; Briones-Vozmedian et al, 2012; Kuhlmann and Annandale, 2012).…”

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Constructing the gendered body? A critical discourse analysis of gender equality schemes in the health sector in England
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This article examines gender discourses embedded in gender equality policies in the health sector. Gender mainstreaming was first adopted by a number of international and intergovernmental, regional and national actors some time ago, yet there is limited evidence of progress in addressing gender justice in health. Failures in gender equality policies have often been attributed to the lack of gender-disaggregated data, combined with a lack of resources, training and skills. In addition, studies have identified problems originating in the shift from participatory approaches to technocratic solutions, and the persistence of underlying gender relations of power. However, gender equality policies may also contribute to gender discourse in ways which reinforce and perpetuate inequalities between men and women. This article draws on Bacchi’s ‘what is the problem represented to be’ (WPR) approach to policy analysis, to explore responses of primary care organisations in England to legislation requiring public sector organisations to tackle gender discrimination and promote equality of opportunity between men and women. The article adopts a critical discourse approach to gender equality documents and suggests that such texts construct women and men as essentially different, reinforcing specific forms of masculinity and male performance and notions of male disadvantage in health systems.

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Gender Equality and International Health Policy Planning

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Mainstreaming gender into healthcare: A scoping exercise into policy transfer in England and Germany

Mainstreaming gender into healthcare: A scoping exercise into policy transfer in England and Germany

SDG5, gender equality: co-benefits and challenges

Constructing the gendered body? A critical discourse analysis of gender equality schemes in the health sector in England

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