Gender Perspectives Improve Reproductive Health Outcomes
Gender Perspectives Improve Reproductive Health Outcomes:
new evIdence
This publication was prepared with support from the BRIDGE Project (No. GPO-A-00-03-00004-00), funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and implemented by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) on behalf of the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG), a network comprising USAID Cooperating Agencies (CAs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and the USAID Bureau for Global Health. The examples provided in this publication include experiences of organizations beyond USAID. This publication does not provide official USAID guidance but rather presents examples of innovative approaches for integrating gender into reproductive health and HIV programs that may be helpful in responding to the Agency requirements for incorporating gender considerations in program planning. For official USAID guidance on gender considerations, readers should refer to USAID’s Automated Directive System (ADS). Copyright December 2009, Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved.
Gender Perspectives Improve Reproductive Health Outcomes:
nEw EvIdEncE
By
Elisabeth Rottach Sidney Ruth Schuler Academy for Educational Development Karen Hardee Population Action International
December 2009
Prepared with support from the Interagency Gender Working Group, USAID, and Population Action International
Acknowledgments
This publication would not have been possible without the work of the original Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG) Task Force on Evidence that Gender Integration Makes a Difference to Reproductive Health Outcomes. The Task Force produced the 2004 “So What?” Report, whose authors included Carol Boender, Diana Santana, Diana Santillan, Margaret E. Greene, and two of the current authors, Karen Hardee and Sidney Schuler. Special thanks also to USAID’s Michal Avni and Patty Alleman, gender advisors in the Office of Population and Reproductive Health of the Global
new evIdence
This publication was prepared with support from the BRIDGE Project (No. GPO-A-00-03-00004-00), funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and implemented by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) on behalf of the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG), a network comprising USAID Cooperating Agencies (CAs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and the USAID Bureau for Global Health. The examples provided in this publication include experiences of organizations beyond USAID. This publication does not provide official USAID guidance but rather presents examples of innovative approaches for integrating gender into reproductive health and HIV programs that may be helpful in responding to the Agency requirements for incorporating gender considerations in program planning. For official USAID guidance on gender considerations, readers should refer to USAID’s Automated Directive System (ADS). Copyright December 2009, Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved.
Gender Perspectives Improve Reproductive Health Outcomes:
nEw EvIdEncE
By
Elisabeth Rottach Sidney Ruth Schuler Academy for Educational Development Karen Hardee Population Action International
December 2009
Prepared with support from the Interagency Gender Working Group, USAID, and Population Action International
Acknowledgments
This publication would not have been possible without the work of the original Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG) Task Force on Evidence that Gender Integration Makes a Difference to Reproductive Health Outcomes. The Task Force produced the 2004 “So What?” Report, whose authors included Carol Boender, Diana Santana, Diana Santillan, Margaret E. Greene, and two of the current authors, Karen Hardee and Sidney Schuler. Special thanks also to USAID’s Michal Avni and Patty Alleman, gender advisors in the Office of Population and Reproductive Health of the Global
References: 50 Varkey et al., 2004.