PHM-Exch> Equal rights, equal opportunities: progress for all

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org


 *Equal rights, equal opportunities: progress for all
International Women's Day - 8 March 2010*

*WHO World Health organization WHO

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Website: http://www.who.int/gender/events/2010/iwd/en/index.html

The theme for International Women's Day this year: "*Equal rights, equal
opportunities: Progress for all*" re-emphasizes that equal rights and
opportunities lead to improved health outcomes for women and girls.

Gender-based discrimination is irrevocably connected to negative health
outcomes for women and girls. Its associated poor health outcomes are often
compounded by other forms of inequality related to socioeconomic status,
ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious affiliation or geographical
location

While these challenges are imposing, and often encoded in "normalized" ways
of living, International Women's Day renews our commitment to denounce
violations in human rights and to challenge unequal systems, structures and
practices that perpetuate health inequalities across the world.

*Gender equality is good for health.

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*Table of contents*
Introduction<http://www.who.int/entity/gender/events/2010/iwd/backgrounder/en/index.html>

Section 1: The health of women and girls needs legal and political
actions<http://www.who.int/entity/gender/events/2010/iwd/backgrounder1/en/index.html>

Section 2: Gender-based discrimination limits the attainment of
international health and development
goals<http://www.who.int/entity/gender/events/2010/iwd/backgrounder2/en/index.html>

Section 3: Health inequalities are the result of systemic failures to
realize the right to health for
all<http://www.who.int/entity/gender/events/2010/iwd/backgrounder3/en/index.html>
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