A new Lancet series titled ‘Gender Equality, Norms and Health’ was officially launched late on 4 June during the Women Deliver 2019 Conference in Canada.
The series includes five papers, five commentaries and other content on gender and healthcare and is a study of the relationship between gender norms and their impact on health.
It aims to look at gender in a broader light, linking it to economic and social power, and then to healthcare. This effort was carried out by Stanford University along with a team of interdisciplinary experts around the world who looked into gendered health inequalities around the world.
Interestingly, the series also says that the solutions to transforming gendered inequalities lies in enhancing healthcare systems and policies.
One of the primarily findings that the series establishes is that gender, the way it is constructed and acted upon, has very real and often adverse effects on your health.