BACKGROUND This article considers how health services access and equity documents represent the problem of access to health services and what the effects of that representation might be for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. We conducted a critical discourse analysis on selected access and equity documents using a gender-based diversity framework as determined by two obj...

Localization and decentralization are frequently presented as good for women. However, the reality is not so clear-cut. Local government is the tier that is closest to people but relationships, structures and processes of local governance can both limit the space for women’s participation and the policy potential for addressing gender issues. The experience of democratic reform in South Africa ...

The emergence of HIV in rural India has the potential to heighten gender inequity in a context where women already suffer significant health disparities. Recent Indian health policies provide new opportunities to identify and implement gender-equitable rural HIV services. In this review, we adapt Mosley and Chen's conceptual framework of health to outline determinants for HIV health services ut...

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...

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...

In Taiwan, gender equity and gender issues in education recently beginning to open up and become a hot topic in education. Curriculum materials are now being developed, professional publications are beginning to cover gender equity issues, a serious of professional workshops are devoting time to it, and individual teacher educators are starting to become concerned about it. In response to the e...

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...

This chapter examines gender and gender equity issues in formal sexuality education and considers the adequacy of formal programs from several vantage points. I begin with definitions of terms that are central to the analysis. Next, attention turns to the current state of sexuality education. I will, in turn, consider formal education in K–12 schools, colleges and universities, and medical scho...

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...