Background In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals and the shifting global
burden of disease, this systematic review analyses the evidence from rigorously evaluated …

Evidence that gender inequalities and restrictive norms adversely affect health is extensive;
however, far less research has focused on testing solutions. We first comprehensively …

Background Women in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have equal access
to resources, such as education, employment, or healthcare compared to men. We sought to …

Background Gender is often neglected in health systems, yet health systems are not gender
neutral. Within health systems research, gender analysis seeks to understand how gender …

Men are more likely than women to perpetrate nearly all types of interpersonal violence (eg
intimate partner violence, murder, assault, rape). While public health programs target …

This article presents evidence supporting the hypothesis that promoting gender equality and
women's and girls' empowerment (GEWE) leads to better health and development …

Background The balance between increasing men's participation in family planning and
rights-based initiatives favoring women's empowerment is highlighted with the issue of …

Background Evidence suggests that gender-integrated interventions, which actively seek to
identify and integrate activities that address the role of gender norms and dynamics, improve …

Gender and its power relations are produced and reproduced in the housing sphere,
leading to inequalities in living conditions and, therefore, in gender inequalities in health …

Abstract Background In Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, oral pre-exposure prophylaxis
(PrEP) is recommended for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) at high risk of HIV …