Violence against female health workers is tip of iceberg of gender power imbalances
Asha S George, Frances E McConville, Shaheem de Vries, Gustavo Nigenda, Shabnum Sarfraz and Michelle McIsaac, (2020). Violence against female health workers is tip of iceberg of gender power imbalances. BMJ, n/a-n/a
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Sub-type Journal article Author Asha S George
Frances E McConville
Shaheem de Vries
Gustavo Nigenda
Shabnum Sarfraz
Michelle McIsaacTitle Violence against female health workers is tip of iceberg of gender power imbalances Appearing in BMJ Publication Date 2020-10-27 Place of Publication United Kingdom Publisher BMJ Start page n/a End page n/a Language eng Abstract Twenty five years ago the Beijing Platform for Action for Women advocated for women’s rights to health. In doing so, it recognised women as important providers of healthcare and not just as users of it. Since then, attention to the predominantly female composition of the health workforce and the central role of health workers to global health, and to economies more broadly, has increased.1 Nevertheless, the potential contribution of female health workers to advancing global health remains inhibited by several factors, including those underpinned by gender power relations. One of the more extreme and harmful forms of abuse of gender power relations is the violence perpetrated against female health workers. Such violence continues even as health workers respond to the covid-19 pandemic. Keyword Gender
violence
Health workers
Women's healthCopyright Holder BMJ Copyright Year 2020 Copyright type Creative commons DOI 10.1136/bmj.m3546 -
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