Thematic brief on gender and health

This Thematic Brief provides quick guidance on the most important issues relating to gender and health

This Brief is addressed to staff from development cooperation agencies who are involved in health-related programmes and projects.

Here they will find information on the most important gender issues at stake and how to address them, indicators that can be used to monitor whether a programme is integrating gender dimensions, examples of gender-sensitive development actions and references to further information and tools related to gender and health.

Contents

Gender issues in health

A roadmap for gender mainstreaming in health development programmes

Questions for gender analysis in Health

Gender sensitive indicators for the health sector

Examples of gender-sensitive projects in health