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Gender Equality & Health

Gender Equality & Health

by Mohammad Jahed Khan -
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Gender equality might mean that women and men should be treated equally, or differently. For example, it may imply that women and men should be paid the same for doing the same work or that they should be treated with different medicines and methods in order to make healthcare equal. 12 Steps to Achieve Gender Equality in Our Lifetimes

1.     Talk to women and girls. ...

2.     Let girls use mobile phones. ...

3.     Stop child marriage and sexual harassment. ...

4.     Make education gender sensitive. ...

5.     Raise aspirations of girls and their parents. ...

6.     Empower mothers. ...

7.     Give proper value to 'women's work' ...

8.     Get women into power   etc

 

Gender issues include all aspects and concerns related to women's and men's lives and situation in society, to the way they interrelate, their differences in access to and use of resources, their activities, and how they react to changes, interventions and policies.