Critiques of gender mainstreaming (GM) as the officially agreed strategy to promote gender equity in health … internationally have reached a critical mass. There has been a notable lack of dialogue between gender advocates in the global north … debate on the shape of future action for gender equity in health, by uniquely bringing together the voices of disparate …

The four essays collected in this volume aim is to shed some light on specific aspect in which women are discriminated … against (employment, education and access to health care) in developing countries and on the impact that gender inequalities … have on development. The first chapter investigates the impact of gender bias in education and employment on economic …