gender-equality

• Gender Equality: What Gaps Remain?

  The World Bank has released The 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development . This report discusses gains women have made in gender equity, points out areas where change is still necessary, and sets four priorities for action:  Reducing excess female...

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• Police Officer Épaphrodite Manigaraba on His Work with Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

  Officer Épaphrodite Manigaraba Épaphrodite Manigaraba is a young man, but already he’s established a reputation for himself as a patient, compassionate, and trustworthy police officer. “For me, justice is the fight against inequality,” he says....

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• New Article Highlights Need to Address Gender Discrimination in Health Workplaces

  Incidences of workplace violence in Rwandan health facilities are influenced by gender inequality, concludes a study published this month by IntraHealth’s Constance Newman in the journal Human Resources for Health. The study, “Workplace violence and gender discrimination in...

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• IntraHealth’s Technical Leadership: Gender Equality in the Health Workforce

  Last month, the International Journal for Equity in Health published an article written by an IntraHealth International-led research team that highlights the absence of men in the HIV/AIDS caregiving workforce in three districts in Lesotho. The study concluded that HIV/AIDS caregiving is...

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• IntraHealth Partners with Uganda Ministry of Health to Foster Gender Equality in the Health Workforce

  Last month, the Uganda Capacity Program and the Ministry of Health conducted a workshop in Jinja, Uganda about the importance of gender equality in human resources policy and planning as well as human resources management. The workshop also included a presentation about the forthcoming...

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• IntraHealth Cosponsors Conference on Violence in the Health Sector

  IntraHealth International is a proud cosponsor of the 2010 International Conference on Workplace Violence in the Health Sector , convening October 27-29 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Workplace violence affects occupational health worldwide. It takes many forms—physical assault, verbal...

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• Challenge and Change: Integrating the Challenge of Gender Norms and Sexuality in a Maternal Health Program

  CARE and the International Center for Research on Women recently released Challenge and Change: Integrating the Challenge of Gender Norms and Sexuality in a Maternal Health Program . This report documents some of the processes undertaken to integrate gender and sexuality factors into a...

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• The USAID Community PMTCT Project Is on the Air

  A series of radio spots aired on Ethiopia’s National Service of Radio Fana encouraged men to help keep their families healthy. These spots were developed by the USAID-funded Community PMTCT Project to promote male involvement in maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) services,...

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• Study on the Readiness of the Political, Legal, Health and Community Systems to Respond to Gender-Based Violence in Three Districts of the City of Kigali

  Study on the Readiness of the Political, Legal, Health and Community Systems to Respond to Gender-Based Violence in Three Districts of the City of Kigali ( English ) ( French ) [1,025kb pdf] This study examines the ability of political, legal, health, and community systems to respond to...

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• Twubakane GBV/PMTCT Readiness Assessment Toolkit

  Twubakane GBV/PMTCT Readiness Assessment Toolkit , IntraHealth International, Twubakane Project, 2008. Eight tools and an overview on assessing the readiness of antenatal care and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV service centers to address gender-based violence issues....

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