Gender Equality

IntraHealth is committed to promoting gender equality as an integral part of development, recognizing that if gender-based disparities and inequalities are not addressed in human resources for health development and health service delivery, they may undermine the achievement of health program, service and development objectives. We therefore work with partners, clients, state institutions, policy makers and civil society to develop appropriate strategies to eliminate gender-based discrimination, gender-based violence and gender-based barriers to service access, use and quality.

IntraHealth’s Gender Equality Strategy, which we adapt to local needs and opportunities, has four components:

• Gender analysis and planning
• Promoting equal opportunity and treatment in employment, training and education
• Promoting women’s social and economic rights through structural interventions such as policy change and access to economic resources.
• Responding to gender- based violence in workplaces and in clients’ lives.

Related News

• International Women’s Day video (2008-03-06)
• Report Praises IntraHealth Ethiopia’s Work Against Female Genital Cutting    (2007-03-07)

IntraHealth has developed a number of Resources for our Gender Equality work, including:

• Armenia Violence Against Women Project: Proceedings of the National Meeting on Violence Against Women, Yerevan (PRIME II Project)
• A Directory of Organizations Offering Services in Gender-Based Violence in Yerevan (PRIME II Project)
• Etude Sur La Disposition Des Systèmes Politico-Légal, Sanitaire Et Communautaire A Répondre A La Violence Basée Sur Le Genre Dans Trois Districts De La Ville De Kigali (Twubakane Program)
• Gender-Based Violence Training Modules: A Collection and Review of Existing Materials for Training Health Workers (Capacity Project)
• Gender Sensitivity Assessment Tools for RH Curricula and RH/FP Services (PRIME II Project).
• Improving Primary Providers’ Response to Violence Against Women in Reproductive Health Services in Armenia, Final Report (PRIME II Project)
• Twubakane Program Gender-Based Violence/Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Readiness Assessment Toolkit (Twubakane Program)

IntraHealth has recently given Presentations on our Gender Equality work:

• Capacity Project Study on Workplace Violence in Rwanda’s Health Sector
• Twubakane GBV/ANC/PMTCT Readiness Assessment

IntraHealth has active Gender Equality initiatives in the following Projects:

• The Capacity Project (Global)
• The Twubakane Decentralization and Health Program (Rwanda)
• The USAID HIV/AIDS Clinical Services Project (Rwanda)
• The Extending Service Delivery Project (Lead by Pathfinder, Global)
• The USAID Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health/Family Planning/Malaria Project (Senegal)
• The Vistaar Project (India).

More information on IntraHealth's work on gender equality can be downloaded here.