Policy makers should consider gender at all levels of the health system, and in all activities. This would lead to a more equitable health system that serves everyone, and meets health goals. Many policy makers are interested in gender equity, but lack guidance on how to implement changes in the health system. Questions of gender […]
Health workforce
While Cambodia has made progress, it still has far to go to achieve equality in health leadership.
This brief provides recommendations and guidance for practitioners and policy makers who have responsibility for CHW programmes. It suggests some ways that their workforce may be affected by gender norms and recommends what actions can betaken to address them.
The ways in which gender roles and relations shape heath experiences and access to services emerged as a key theme. Community Health Workers also used photovoice to demonstrate
how they negotiate gendered and cultural norms within their communities to promote better health. This booklet explores how gender shapes livelihoods, risks, experiences of pregnancy and health seeking behaviour.
Community health workers (CHWs) are an important human resource in Uganda as they are the first contact of the population with the health system. Understanding gendered roles of CHWs is important in establishing how they influence their performance and relationships in communities. This paper explores the differential roles of male and female CHWs in rural […]
In this commentary, we discuss a photo competition, launched during the summer of 2014, to explore the everyday stories of how gender plays out within health systems around the world. While no submission fees were charged nor financial awards involved, the winning entries were exhibited at the Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape […]
This poster summarizes the key findings from the study: How gender roles and relations affect health workers’ training opportunities and career progression in rural Zimbabwe: Implications for equitable health systems. Gender in human resources policy and planning is neglected in many contexts. Places/locations of deployment can determine opportunities for advancement, access to training, promotion, progression to […]
Video: Gender mainstreaming in rural posting and deployment systems in the health sector in Zimbabwe
This short video summarizes the findings from a project exploring key gender-related factors affecting health workers’ career progression in Zimbabwe. The presentation was a part of a webinar exploring the role of gender in health systems. This video is also available on YouTube.
Sreytouch Vong , 2017 This short video summarizes the findings from a project exploring key constraining and enabling factors affecting women’s career advancement within the health sector in Cambodia. The presentation was a part of a webinar exploring the role of gender in health systems. More information about the study can be found here. This video can also […]
Gender equity is imperative to the attainment of healthy lives and wellbeing of all, and promoting gender equity in leadership in the health sector is an important part of this endeavour. This empirical research examines gender and leadership in the health sector, pooling learning from three complementary data sources: literature review, quantitative analysis of gender […]