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The report emphasizes the need for a paradigm shift in how gender and sex are conceptualized and measured within epidemiological studies. It critiques the reliance on binary, fixed categories that have historically dominated public health research, emphasizing their inadequacy in representing the complexities of gender and sex. The report advocates for a two-step or multi-step […]
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UN ESCAP launched a project aimed at developing guidelines and providing technical support for conducting inequality assessments. The insights gained from these assessments are intended to guide future research and policy interventions to close registration gaps across different populations. However, once these inequalities are identified, countries have expressed the need for more understanding on how […]
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In this article, the authors examine the challenges faced by women in rural India in accessing and utilizing mobile technology, especially mobile phone surveys. The authors discuss the socio-cultural barriers, such as male gatekeeping of technology and gender norms, that delay women’s access to mobile phones. This article also addresses the importance of privacy and […]
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This CEDAW report provides insight on the femicide crisis and gender-based violence in Mexico. It documents how deficiencies in data collection, analysis, and legal enforcement allow these human rights violations to persist unchecked. Inconsistent, non-disaggregated data from government sources make it impossible to grasp the true scale of violence against women. Major gaps exist, with […]
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Gender-based violence is a global crisis with femicide or death being the most brutal culmination of the act. Femicide is a harrowing reminder of the persistent and deep-rooted inequalities and prevalent social misogyny. As per UNODC and UN WOMEN report on ‘Gender-related killings of women and girls 2022’, globally one woman or girl is being […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate and distressing effect on women and girls who have been affected across several social, economic, health and nutrition outcomes. Additionally, COVID-19 has exposed pre-existing and underlying gender inequities, which were further worsened by COVID-19 containment measures. In this study, authors conducted a theoretical gender analysis, a targeted review […]
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