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gender and health in about 150 words​

Answer 1

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Gender norms, roles and relations, and gender inequality and inequity, affect people’s health all around the world. This to healthcare, advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity, and achieve health

Accelerating progress and opportunities across India for every girl and every boy

Every child deserves to reach her or his full potential, but gender inequalities in their lives and in the lives of those who care for them hinder this reality.

Across India gender inequality results in unequal opportunities, and while it impacts on the lives of both genders, statistically it is girls that are the most disadvantaged.

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Answer 2

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Gender norms, roles and relations, and gender inequality and inequity, affect people’s health all around the world. This Q&A examines the links between gender and health, highlighting WHO’s ongoing work to address gender-related barriers to healthcare, advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity, and achieve health for all.

Gender and health' is a contested concept whose various meanings have evolved in the course of the emergence and development of social movements concerned with the health of men and women.

Gender shapes health behaviours, exposures and vulnerabilities, and influences health systems responses. It also intersects with other social determinants of health such as socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and ability.

Gender has implications for health across the course of every person's life. Gender can influence a person's experiences of crises and emergency situations, their exposure to diseases and their access to healthcare, water, hygiene and sanitation.

Gender inequality disproportionately affects women and girls. In most societies, they have lower status and have less control over decision-making about their bodies, in their intimate relationships, families and communities, exposing them to violence, coercion and harmful practices. Women and girls face high risks of unintended pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections including HIV, cervical cancer, malnutrition and depression, amongst others. Gender inequality also poses barriers for women and girls to access health information and critical services, including restrictions on mobility, lack of decision-making autonomy, limited access to finances, lower literacy rates and discriminatory attitudes of healthcare providers.

Gender refers to socially constructed characteristics of women and men – such as norms, roles and relations of and between groups of women and men[1].  Gender norms, roles and relations vary from society to society and evolve over time. They are often upheld and reproduced in the values, legislation, education systems, religion, media and other institutions of the society in which they exist. When individuals or groups do not “fit” established gender norms they often face stigma, discriminatory practices or social exclusion – all of which adversely affect health. Gender is also hierarchical and often reflects unequal relations of power, producing inequalities that intersect with other social and economic inequalities.