A Research Agenda for Gender and Health

by Jasmine Gideon (Editor), Sarah Hawkes (Editor)

Overview

A Research Agenda for Gender and Health critically examines a diverse range of health topics relating to gender. Employing a global range of empirical case studies, expert authors assert that gender equality is fundamental to creating healthier societies.

This multidisciplinary Research Agenda explores how gender drives specific health outcomes and is an integral feature of how other health determinants are experienced. Chapters assess key topics such as the impact of colonialism on understandings of gender and health; the roles and interactions of the private and public sector; the emergence of new anti-gender opposition; and the governance of the gender and health nexus. Overall, the authors not only evaluate current policy and practice but also propose new concepts and ideas for future research.

This Research Agenda is an essential resource for students and scholars of gender studies, public health, geography and social policy. It will also appeal to researchers interested in international development and global health.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781802209211
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	09/10/2024
Series:	Elgar Research Agendas
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by Jasmine Gideon, Professor of Global Health and Development, School of Social Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London and Sarah Hawkes, Professor of Global Public Health, Institute for Global Health, University College London, UK

Table of Contents

Contents

1 Introduction: Gender and health – a future
research agenda 1
Jasmine Gideon and Sarah Hawkes
2 How did colonialism change our gender and
our sexuality? The case of Indigenous Wixárika
communities 21
Jennie Gamlin, Maria Teresa Fernández Acevez
and Paulina Ultreras Villagrana
3 Gendered violence and health in ‘translocational’
perspective: Brazilian women’s experiences in Rio
de Janeiro and London 41
Cathy McIlwaine and Moniza Rizzini Ansari
4 Gender, work, development and the politics/
practices of reproductive health in a neo-liberal
economy 69
Darshi Thoradeniya, Ramya Kumar and
Anne-Emanuelle Birn
5 Gender, health and technology: The rise of
femtech - periods, profit and power 87
Catriona McMillan
6 Gender and the commercial determinants of health 107
Sarah Hill
7 Private financing in health – what does this mean
for gender equality? 123
Jasmine Gideon and Camila Gianella
8 What does ‘sexual orientation conversion therapy’
signify? Examining the political abuse of medicine
in the context of heterosexism under threat 145
Volkan Yilmaz
9 Gender and global health governance 167
Julia Smith and Clare Wenham

Editorial Reviews

‘Authors in this edited collection not only critically examine dominant discourses of gender and health and reflect on how these discourses are constructed, but also invite us to consider how they can be productively disrupted in the future. The impressive array of topics ranging from the impacts of technologies, colonialism, and heterosexism to global health governance and privatisation of healthcare are united in their call for more expansive understandings of gender and health situated in the context of power, and for more inclusive collaborative research.’

Denise L. Spitzer

‘An eye-opening exploration of the influence of gender in global health that goes beyond the “traditional” focus on sex and reproduction to unveil the crucial role of gender in health systems, the private sector and health technologies. A must-read for researchers, policymakers, practitioners, activists, and anyone passionate about advancing health equity and gender equality worldwide.’

Ana Langer