Characteristics of successful programmes targeting gender inequality and restrictive gender norms for the health and wellbeing of children, adolescents, and young …

JK Levy, GL Darmstadt, C Ashby, M Quandt… - The Lancet Global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals and the shifting global
burden of disease, this systematic review analyses the evidence from rigorously evaluated …

Improving health with programmatic, legal, and policy approaches to reduce gender inequality and change restrictive gender norms

J Heymann, JK Levy, B Bose, V Ríos-Salas… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Evidence that gender inequalities and restrictive norms adversely affect health is extensive;
however, far less research has focused on testing solutions. We first comprehensively …

The gender gap and healthcare: associations between gender roles and factors affecting healthcare access in Central Malawi, June–August 2017

AD Azad, AG Charles, Q Ding, AW Trickey… - Archives of Public …, 2020 - Springer
Background Women in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have equal access
to resources, such as education, employment, or healthcare compared to men. We sought to …

Gendered health systems: evidence from low-and middle-income countries

R Morgan, RM Ayiasi, D Barman, S Buzuzi… - Health research policy …, 2018 - Springer
Background Gender is often neglected in health systems, yet health systems are not gender
neutral. Within health systems research, gender analysis seeks to understand how gender …

Men's violence against women and men are inter-related: Recommendations for simultaneous intervention

PJ Fleming, S Gruskin, F Rojo, SL Dworkin - Social science & medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
Men are more likely than women to perpetrate nearly all types of interpersonal violence (eg
intimate partner violence, murder, assault, rape). While public health programs target …

Does addressing gender inequalities and empowering women and girls improve health and development programme outcomes?

HFG Taukobong, MM Kincaid, JK Levy… - Health policy and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
This article presents evidence supporting the hypothesis that promoting gender equality and
women's and girls' empowerment (GEWE) leads to better health and development …

Covert use of contraception in three sub-Saharan African countries: a qualitative exploration of motivations and challenges

SPS Kibira, C Karp, SN Wood, S Desta, H Galadanci… - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background The balance between increasing men's participation in family planning and
rights-based initiatives favoring women's empowerment is highlighted with the issue of …

A review of measures of women's empowerment and related gender constructs in family planning and maternal health program evaluations in low-and middle-income …

M Mandal, A Muralidharan, S Pappa - BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2017 - Springer
Background Evidence suggests that gender-integrated interventions, which actively seek to
identify and integrate activities that address the role of gender norms and dynamics, improve …

[HTML][HTML] Gender-based inequalities in the effects of housing on health: A critical review

C Vásquez-Vera, A Fernández, C Borrell - SSM-Population Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Gender and its power relations are produced and reproduced in the housing sphere,
leading to inequalities in living conditions and, therefore, in gender inequalities in health …

Health care providers' attitudes toward and experiences delivering oral PrEP to adolescent girls and young women in Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

M Lanham, K Ridgeway, M Mireku, D Nhamo… - BMC Health Services …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background In Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, oral pre-exposure prophylaxis
(PrEP) is recommended for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) at high risk of HIV …