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(LifeSiteNews) – It was only a matter of time: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on July 6 that it is now “updating” its manual on “gender mainstreaming.” The WHO posted the announcement to its website:
The Gender mainstreaming for health managers: a practical approach manual addresses how gender norms, roles and relations affect health-related behaviours and outcomes as well as health sector responses. At the same time, it recognizes that gender inequality is a cross-cutting determinant of health that operates in conjunction with other forms of discrimination based on factors such as age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity or place of origin and sexual orientation. The manual provides a basis for addressing other forms of health-related discrimination.
The first edition of the manual dates from 2011, and WHO is now updating it in light of new scientific evidence and conceptual progress on gender, health and development
The review and update process will build on the extensive work already featured in the manual. It will focus on:
Updating key concepts around gender; Highlighting and expanding on the concept of intersectionality, which
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