HLTC02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Gender Mainstreaming, Health Canada, Gender Analysis
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Gender based analysis and health policy: the need to rethink outdated strategies. A government strategy gender mainstreaming canada known in canada as gender based analysis. Gm was formally accepted in 1995 as an international strategy to assesses the deferential impact of proposed and/or existing policies, programmes and legislation on women and men. Organisation(who,2002 ) for example, has stated that gender mainstreaming must become standard practice in all policies and programmes. It makes for good science and sound evidence by ensuring that biological and social differences between women and men are brought into the foreground. Others claim that mainstreaming can also work positive changes for groups marginalized on the bases of race ,ability ,sexual orientation or poverty. Although considerable strides have been made over the last decade on balance, policy directions and priorities have not been significantly altered. In canada the preferred term is gender based analysis (gba)
