Women and health: mainstreaming the gender perspective into the health sector

Report of the Expert Group Meeting 28 September – 2 October, 1998, Tunis (Tunisia).

The Beijing Platform for Action calls for a fundamental change in social and health care decision-making. It requires the mainstreaming and integration of gender concerns into decisions regarding health care. There are clear signs that shifts are taking place.

A framework for designing national health policies with an integrated gender perspective is included.

Author: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Publisher: United Nations
Year of Publication: 1999
Classification Number: 362.1082 UNI