DVM 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gender Equality, Health Promotion, Childbirth

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: International Development and Globalization
• Course: DVM 2110
• Professor: Sonia Gulati

Document Summary

Sex: biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women. Gender: socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women. Gender equality means the absence of discrimination on the basis of a person"s sex in opportunities, allocation of resources or benefits, and access to services. Gender equity means fairness and justice in the distribution of benefits, power, resources and responsibilities between women and men. The poorer the country, the more women self-report their health to be worse than men"s self-reported health. Unequal access to education and basic healthcare. Women make up a greater percentage of poverty. Men may be less inclined to rate their health as poor. Women tend to live longer than men in almost every country in the world, and women"s life expectancy has increased more than men"s. A handful of health problems are reported more often by men and are often causes of fatality.