Conducting gender-based analysis of existing databases when self-reported gender data are unavailable: the GENDER Index in a working population

Health care workers can provide comprehensive, gender-sensitive health services to victims of sexual violence to help them to manage the physical and mental consequences of

However, it is important to recognize that women’s health problems and access to health care are affected not only by poverty, but also by gender inequality, since, as argued

National and local prevention of blindness programmes should monitor cataract and trichiasis surgical coverage rates and outcomes of surgery by sex, and specific strategies are

Addressing gender inequality requires accelerating the pace of implementation of gender commitments made in various international and regional documents, such as CEDAW and

In several indicators the AGDI, particularly the AWPS, assesses the level of gender-based violence. Gender based violence against women is a factor negatively impact- ing

From the gender perspective, the Mozambican government, through the Ministry of education, invested to create material and human conditions for the universal access to opportunities

The African Gender and Development Index (AGDI) provides a policy and planning framework for monitoring Africa’s progress in the implementation of global, regional and

Part I first outlines the present human rights framework regarding sex/gender registration and reveals the growing importance given to self-determination in matters related to