Visual impairment disproportionately affects people in low-income countries. A high proportion of visual impairment can be prevented or cured. Yet, care seeking for eye health is restricted for women and older adults. This article uses an intersectional approach to understand how eye care seeking behaviour changes in men and women with increases in age and […]
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Powerpoint: And intersectional approach to understanding demand for maternal health care services in rural Gujarat, India Dr. Parthasarathi Ganguly , 2014 India Institution: Indian Institute of Public Health–Gandhinagar, Public Health Foundation of India The presentation was part of RinGs’ panel at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town: “New frontiers in advancing gender analysis in health systems […]
This poster summarizes the findings from a study on eye health in the Indian Sundarbans which analysed the role of gender and intersectionality in health. The scale of the issue Worldwide 6701 million people are visually impaired, 90% visually impaired people live in low to middle-income countries. India alone contributes 22% of the world’s visually impaired, while it is home to […]
This short video that summarizes the findings from a project exploring how gender cross cuts with other social determinants to influence eye health care seeking in India. 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 be […]
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 power relations create inequities in access to resources, the distribution of labour and roles, social norms and values, and decision-making. This paper synthesises findings from nine studies focusing on four […]