Adolescence and Gender Equality in Health

gender equality and fertility in iran

using cross-provinces and panel regressions, this paper investigates the interrelationship between gender equality and fertility in iran for the period 2007-2012. the article attempts to explain the low fertility rate in iran by distinguishing between two types of gender equity, i.e. gender equity in individual-oriented institutions and gender equity in family-oriented institutions. for this pu...

[Men, health and public policies: gender equality in question].

The scope of this article is to pose questions on the theme of Men, Health and Public Policies to render debate on the subject viable, based on theoretical and empirical references related to these issues. Initially, some historical landmarks on the theme are presented to provide guidelines for debate. An overview of the gender agenda in public policies is then presented to introduce the discus...

[On "Men, health and public policies: gender equality in question"].

Sobre " Homens, saúde e políticas públicas: a equidade de gênero em questão " On " Men, health and public policies: gender equality in question " Marcos Nascimento 4 Sergio Carrara 5 No artigo produzido por Maria Thereza Couto (USP) e Romeu Gomes (Fiocruz), os autores bus-cam problematizar a articulação entre saúde e políti-cas públicas, com foco específico na saúde dos ho-mens e suas implicaçõ...

Gender Equality and Democracy

Although democratic institutions existed long before gender equality, at this point in history, growing emphasis on gender equality is a central component of the process of democratization. Support for gender equality is not just a consequence of democratization. It is part of a broad cultural change that is transforming industrialized societies and bringing growing mass demands for increasingl...

Gender Equality and Equity