Gender Analysis
CARE’s Rapid Gender Analysis Toolkit provides guidance for humanitarian organizations to quickly understand gender roles and needs within a crisis-affected population. It outlines methodology to gather information on gender issues in the first phases of emergency response operations. This includes assessing how pre-existing inequalities and vulnerabilities may put certain groups at further risk. Conducting this […]
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This seven-step process for conducting gender analysis is part of the Jhpiego Gender Analysis Toolkit for Health Systems. This Toolkit provides public health practitioners globally a set of best practices for gender integration, aiming to advance health and gender equity goals together through systematic analysis grounded in each cultural context. Key benefits include tailoring design […]
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Learn how gender indicators measure changes in gender gaps and women’s empowerment over time. Gender indicators can improve planning, programming, and accountability, as well as raise awareness. However, what gets measured depends on who defines the indicators. Local participation, adaptation to context, qualitative and quantitative data, and attention to implementation gaps are important for developing […]
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In this policy brief you will find information on what gender analysis is, why it matters, who should conduct it, when it should be done, and how to carry it out. It examines differences among genders in needs, roles, access to resources and power, priorities, and involvement in societal structures. This article gives guidance on using sex-disaggregated […]
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This article provides guidance for incorporating gender analysis into health systems research (HSR). It emphasizes that gender power relations affect how people interact with and within health systems, shaping needs, experiences, and outcomes. As such, accounting for gender is critical for producing valid and reliable HSR evidence. The authors outline practical ways to build gender […]
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This policy brief shows the need for more inclusive gender data collection in global health and development programs. In this brief, you will find information on how current binary male-female data metrics render transgender and gender diverse people invisible and how this exclusion propagates harmful discrimination and health disparities. The brief provides insight on practices […]
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