Gender
According to the United Nations, gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, affecting access to quality health care, exposure to health risks, and the outcomes of disease and disability—for children and parents alike. Improvements in health, from lower child mortality to greater access to reproductive care, can alter the power to access gender-related rights and freedoms. This section examines the new ways in which health and gender intersect and reinforce each other.
Gender
48 Million
82.4 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced by the end of 2020—more than half were women and girls
Displaced girls and women
38 Percent
Globally, 38 percent of males between the ages of 15 and 49 are drinking harmful amounts of alcohol
Young Men and Alcohol
70 Percent
70 percent of health-care workers are women
Women health-care workers
11 Percent
Women and girls were 11 percent more likely to drop out of school during the COVID pandemic compared to boys
Education, girls, and COVID-19
1 in 4
One in four U.S. women will have an abortion by age 45
Abortion in the United States
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Tackling Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws and Tackling Pandemics in Uganda
Collective action is needed to protect vulnerable communities
Health Practitioners Say #MeToo
Unmasking widespread sexual harassment and abuse in the global health sector
Tracking Tobacco
New ways to light up tobacco research
Outlasting the Taliban's Ban on Women's Medical Education
The education ban has kept new female talent from entering Afghanistan's under-resourced health-care sector
U.S. Supreme Court Challenge to Abortion Pills Could Boost Illegal Imports
Safeguarding access to pills from online foreign distributors may become a flashpoint in the reproductive care battle
Bodies into Battlefields: Gender-Based Violence in Sudan
Amid Sudan's deadly war, women face a triple threat of death, displacement, and gender-based assault
Global Fertility Rate Continues To Fall: How Governments Could Prepare
The global fertility rate will decline from now through 2100, according to new projections in The Lancet
Seeking Gender Equality in the Global Health Workforce
By adopting a gender perspective, policymakers can better address the challenges that women in the health sector face
Count Her In: The Road to Women's Economic Empowerment
Targeting gender-based violence and promoting economic empowerment should be global concerns
Powerful Legacies: New Memoir Explores Racism in Health Care and Beyond
Dr. Uché Blackstock examines the systems that oppress Black Americans and urges her readers to challenge them
Roe's Repeal Inspires Abortion Rollbacks in Other Countries
The U.S. dismantling of abortion protections has seeped beyond borders
Revolutionizing Maternal Care in Colombia
How the Hospital Padrino strategy is bringing care to underserved communities
Alabama’s Growing Health Equity Divide
The emergence of maternity deserts are causing lasting challenges for Black mothers
Easing the Cervical Cancer Disease Burden In India
A potential solution to the country’s cervical cancer problem
Women’s Labor-Force Participation in the Middle East
How to bridge workplace gender gaps in the region