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dc.contributor.authorBennett, Belinda
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Sara
dc.contributor.editorHarris Rimmer, Susan
dc.contributor.editorOgg, Kate
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-25T01:33:46Z
dc.date.available2020-09-25T01:33:46Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.isbn9781785363924
dc.identifier.doi10.4337/9781785363924.00028
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/397935
dc.description.abstractDespite renewed interest in global health governance in recent years, analysis of gender remains under-represented, with the risk that policy initiatives in global health will fail to adequately prioritise the needs of women and girls. This chapter analyses the potential role for international law in supporting recognition of gender in women’s health-related rights. The chapter begins with an overview of the gendered dimensions of health morbidities, the achievements in global health in terms of the Millennium Development Goals, and the targets set by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In Section II we examine the intersections between gender and human rights, and the focus of debates over women’s human rights on sexual and reproductive health. Section III analyses the disproportionate impact on women of the 2014 Ebola public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) in West Africa and the 2016 Zika virus PHEIC in the Americas. The relevance of gender for the SDGs is analysed in Section IV, with a particular focus on the importance of gender-related considerations to achieving universal health coverage. We conclude by arguing for the need to move beyond traditional silos of gender, global health and human rights and in favour of the setting of gender-equitable health care as a global priority.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.publisherEdward Elgar Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleResearch Handbook on Feminist Engagement with International Law
dc.relation.ispartofchapter19
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom323
dc.relation.ispartofpageto337
dc.relation.urihttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/FT130101040
dc.relation.grantIDFT130101040
dc.relation.fundersARC
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInternational and comparative law
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4803
dc.titleLooking to the future: gender, health and international law
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB1 - Chapters
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBennett, B; Davies, S, Looking to the future: gender, health and international law, Research Handbook on Feminist Engagement with International Law, 2019, pp. 323-337
dc.date.updated2020-09-25T01:32:33Z
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gro.griffith.authorDavies, Sara E.


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