Gender inequality: Bad for men's health

Gender inequality of employed women caused to health complications

Gender equality means the enjoyment to rights, opportunities, and life chances has not been governed or limited by the gender. One of the issues highlighted in international human rights is the elimination of gender-based discrimination and the need for equality between men and women in the human society. Gender inequality comes from biological differences and social context [1]. Women need dif...

Inequality is Bad for the Poor

* For their comments on this chapter, I am grateful to the editors of this volume and to participants at the authors' workshop held at Nuffield College Oxford, 2006. For expert assistance with the data used here my thanks go to Shaohua Chen and Prem Sangraula. In writing this chapter I have also benefited from discussions with many colleagues at the World Bank although the mandatory disclaimer ...

Is Inequality Bad for the Environment?

By respecting nature’s limits and investing in nature’s wealth, we can protect and enhance the environment’s ability to sustain human wellbeing. But how humans interact with nature is intimately tied to how we interact with each other. Those who are relatively powerful and wealthy typically gain disproportionate benefits from the economic activities that degrade the environment, while those who...

Women's health status and gender inequality in China.

This paper examines the health status of women in China by reviewing levels and trends of female mortality at several phases of a woman's life cycle focusing on infancy girlhood, childbearing and old age. The mortality rates of Chinese women and men are compared for the period 1950-1990 as are comparisons with women in selected countries. The cause-specific death rate, expressed as a percentage...

Poverty and Gender Inequality