They are: 1. Address the essential structural dimensions of gender inequality 2. Challenge gender stereotypes and adopt multilevel strategies to change the norms and practices that directly harm women’s health 3. Reduce the health risks of being women and men by tackling gendered exposures and vulnerabilities 4. Transform the gendered politics of health systems by improving their awareness and han [...] Because of the numbers of people involved and the magnitude of the problems, taking action to improve gender equity in health and to address women’s rights to health is one of the most direct and potent ways to reduce health inequities overall and ensure effective use of health resources. [...] The pace or pattern of change in gender systems and how this affects people’s health can depend on economic and social processes outside the health sector, including rising literacy and education levels, demographic transitions in birth and death rates and in family structures, globalization (including its effects on labour forces, policy space, health systems, and violence) and the strengthening [...] The impact of gender power on the physical and mental health of girls, women and transgender/intersex people, and also of boys and men can be profound, affecting health norms and practices, exposures and vulnerabilities to health problems and the ways in which health systems and research respond. [...] To be effective, programs intended to change gender norms at the household and community level must be multi-level and designed to influence the underlying determinants of the problem and reinforce the rights of women and girls.
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