Mainstreaming Gender in the Health Sector : Prevention of Gender-Based Violence and Male Involvement in Reproductive Health

Mainstreaming Gender in the Health Sector : Prevention of Gender-Based Violence and Male Involvement in Reproductive Health

The Bank has hosted various conferences to address issues of male involvement in reproductive health and gender-based violence, yet no projects in the World Bank's portfolio have directly addressed either topic.1 Recent gender-related work in...

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Main Authors:	Betron, Myra, Fort, Lucía
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACT OF GENDER ADOLESCENT AGED CITIZEN COERCION COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONDOM CONSENSUAL UNIONS CONTRACEPTIVE USE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISEASES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION EMOTIONAL SUPPORT EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY VIOLENCE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER INEQUITIES GENDER ISSUES GENDER MAINSTREAMING GENDER NORMS GENDER SPECIALIST GENDER STEREOTYPES GLOBAL AGENDA GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH HEALTH BURDEN HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH OF WOMEN HEALTH OFFICIALS HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HIV HOSPITALS HUMAN RIGHTS ILLNESSES INTERCOURSE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION INTERVENTION INTIMATE PARTNER KNOWLEDGE ON GENDER LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LARGE FAMILIES LATIN AMERICAN LIMITED RESOURCES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALE CLIENTS MALE INVOLVEMENT MARRIED MEN MASCULINITY MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MEDICAL CARE MENTAL HEALTH MIDWIVES MINISTRIES MINISTRIES OF HEALTH MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY NGOS NO MORE CHILDREN PLANS OF ACTION POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION COUNCIL POVERTY REDUCTION PRACTITIONERS PREVENTION OF GENDER PRIVATE LIFE PRODUCTIVITY PROPHYLAXIS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM RAPE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE RESPECT RISK FACTORS SCREENING SECRETARY OF HEALTH SEXUAL EXPERIENCES SEXUAL PARTNERS SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL SCIENCE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRAINING MANUAL TUBERCULOSIS UNITED NATIONS VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WORKERS YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/7009733/mainstreaming-gender-health-sector-prevention-gender-based-violence-male-involvement-reproductive-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10314

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Summary:	The Bank has hosted various conferences to address issues of male involvement in reproductive health and gender-based violence, yet no projects in the World Bank's portfolio have directly addressed either topic.1 Recent gender-related work in the World Bank's health projects in Latin America has made evident the limited capacity of health personnel and communities to integrate men into family planning and reproductive health programs or to respond effectively to domestic violence cases.2 Midwives at women's birthing centers in Nicaragua, for example, have been challenged with trying to convince men who oppose family planning of the economic difficulties of raising large families.3 Moreover, sheer lack of knowledge and capacity prevents health providers from screening for and providing proper treatment to gender-based violence survivors. The Integral Health Project for Men and Women, or PROSALVAR as it is commonly known, was designed to help build a response to these apparent gaps in healthcare projects in the LCR through pilot activities in three Highly Indebted Poor Countries: Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua. Financed by the Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program, the project's main objectives were to build the capacity of staff in health care centers and hospitals to effectively screen for intra-family violence and refer victims to appropriate services, and to better educate and involve men in sexual and reproductive health. As a pilot project, PROSALVAR also sought to help the Bank better understand its operational role in preventing and responding to gender-based violence and in promoting the male involvement agenda.

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