Publications - Gender

 (2000) Domestic Violence: Women’s Way Out is intended to draw attention to violence against women and girls as a priority problem and to identify resources that can help to address it. The situation analysis of domestic violence reveals the complexity of the problem and shows that solving it will require coordinated intersectoral policies and action, with the participation of both the State and civil society. This research protocol is the result of the cumulative work and commitment of numerous investigators, activists, and officials to address violence against women and improve the services available for women affected by it.

The development of the protocol began with the drafting and review of a preliminary version by the team of investigators in the course of three workshops. The final protocol was applied in 15 communities in 10 countries, 7 in Central America and 3 in the Andean area, and it was tailored to each country’s conditions. Through field interviews, qualitative data were collected from a wide range of women, service providers, and community members, representing groups of varying age, ethnicity, socioeconomic level, and marital status.

Gender Mainstreaming in Health: A Practical Guide.

April 2010.

This packet takes a gender perspective to achieving health equity and provides evidence to show how biological factors interact with gender norms, roles and relations (or socio-cultural factors) to affect the health of women and men and that of their communities.

Plan of Action for Implementing the Gender Equality Policy of the PAHO

Gender, Health and Development in the Americas- Basic Indicators 2009.

IASC Guidelines for Gender Based ViolenceInterventions in Humanitarian Settings

Women and men have different socially and culturally defined expectations for ideal body weight, and thus perceive their bodies differently and respond to distinct motivations for gaining or losing weight. Further, their social position, power, access to resources, roles in family and community differ, and have consequences for their access to food and other resources that help promote healthy body weight. Knowledge of these and other distinct factors in the lives of Guatemalan women and men can help to pinpoint opportunities for more strategic, appropriate and efficient means for the prevention of overweight and obesity.

A gender and ethnicity analysis of cancer

Cancer in Manitoba, Canada

The analysis offered in this case study considers some of the social underpinnings of risk for homicide and involvement in violence, with the goal of improving the sensitivity and effectiveness of policy and programs though a public health and multi-sector approach to prevention.