Gender Basics
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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This brief reflects findings and insights from a desk review of literature on social connection and health outcomes among boys and men. The strategies and programs described here can be integrated and adapted for global programs across technical sectors (e.g., agriculture, education, family planning [FP] and sexual and reproductive health and rights [SRHR], maternal, newborn, […]
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Health data and vital statistics together enable countries to understand their burden of disease and any changes in mortality rates and causes over time. Having this information is critical for health policy and program decision-making. Explicitly examining data for differentials in sex, gender, and other defining characteristics such as ethnicity and subnational location is critical […]
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Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems impact people’s lives, and the aggregate data collected affects decisions made by a government on health policy issues. Through the civil registration process, individuals prove their identity and civil and marital status while governments gain the evidence base for making administrative decisions to impact diverse groups of individuals […]
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Gender is context specific and can change over time. Gender norms set expectations for relationships between and among women, men, boys, girls, and gender diverse people, and determine expectations of people’s roles in households and communities. Gender norms affect the completeness and accuracy of civil registries and vital statistics systems (CRVS). Many countries require a […]
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Several international and regional human rights instruments offer rights protections related to CRVS systems: Proving one’s identity is also a condition for exercising the fundamental rights to vote, own property, work, migrate, receive an education, receive social security, and maintain an adequate standard of living, among others. To respect, fulfil and protect the human rights […]
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