This paper aims at exploring gender equality in career advancement. The literature suggests that family impedes females’ progression as Uzbekistan females mostly prioritize child-rearing over building. However, there is no evidence single female academics are more successful their careers than those with families. Meanwhile, males likely to have due the culture-bound domination of men women. To...

The interface between national health policy and women's health needs is complex in developing countries like Pakistan. This paper aims to assess if Pakistan's national health policy 2001 is relevant and appropriate to women's health needs. Through review of existing data on women, a profile of women's health needs was developed which was transformed into framework of analysis. This framework i...

The Australian government has stated its intention to develop a National Men’s Health Policy (NMHP) in 2009. This policy (we are told) will focus on reducing the barriers men experience in accessing health services, tackling widespread reticence among men to seek treatment, improving male-friendly health services, and raising awareness of preventable health problems that affect men.1 The Consul...

We present unitary and sharing rule models of the household that explicitly account for three parental concerns that may lead to gender bias in the allocation of resources to children—equity, efficiency, and preferences. Deaton’s test of the effect of household composition on adult good expenditures is employed using data on fathers’ and mothers’ nutrient intake from the China Health and Nutrit...

CONTEXT In many parts of Africa, women are most likely to become infected with HIV by having unprotected sex with their husbands, who may have acquired the virus through extramarital sex. However, the ways in which aspects of community environments-particularly those related to gender equity-shape men's extramarital sexual risk-taking are not well understood. METHODS Demographic and Health Su...

BACKGROUND Gender mainstreaming is an approach to policy and planning that emphasizes equality between the sexes. It is the stated policy for gender equity in Papua New Guinea's (PNG) health sector, as well as all other sectors, and is enshrined in the policies of its biggest aid givers. However, there is criticism that gender mainstreaming's application has too often been technocratic and lack...