across33 states and union territories of India. The paper also tries to decompose the gender gap in full immunisation among … children of age one to two years and tries to quantify the gender discrimination with regard to childhood immunisation …

The worldwide obesity epidemic has impacted women more heavily than men. These gender-based differences are … particularly pronounced in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region where gender obesity gaps on average exceed 10 percentage … points. This paper examines one of the explanations, namely the role of female empowerment on gender gaps in obesity. We …

Failure to acknowledge the impact of sex and gender differences affects the quality of health care provision, and is an … by developing gender‐integrated curricula in undergraduate (UG) medical education between 2015 and 2018. A review of UG … obstetrics and gynecology curricula indicated a lack of gender lens and focus on the reproductive rights of women. Based on these …

In most of the countries, gender equality is an important national goal. This is particularly so in some human … development sectors (especially education and health). For several low-income countries, gender issues are also important in the … emphasize the importance of examining resource allocations for MDG priorities, including the gender equality priority.Gender …

Using a new measure of the strength of gender stereotypes defined at the individual level and based on responses to a …

, focussing on the heterogeneous responses to these three factors by gender. We find that women are more price sensitive than men … clinics would substantially increase both men's and women's access to formal care, and almost eliminate the observed gender …, but it fully eliminates the observed gender gap in addition to broadening the capacity of the health sector to respond to …