ݺߣ

ݺߣShare a Scribd company logo

Rural women’s health

•Download as PPTX, PDF•
•
Dr. Bhawana Dayal
Dr. Bhawana Dayal

defines the present scenario of women's health and the expected changes that need's to be taken into action for future

1 of 23
Downloaded 20 times
RURAL WOMEN’S HEALTH: TODAY’S ISSUES TOMORROWS CHALLENGE By- Bhawana Dayal Senior Research Fellow
“Women Hold up Half the Sky” ….and much more  Empowering women: Valuable as an end in itself as a basic human right.  And as a powerful determinant of women’s health,
Rural women’s health
Dimensions of health
Millennium Development Goals  Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger  Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education  Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower Women  Goal 4: Reduce child Mortality  Goal 5: Improve maternal health  Goal6:Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases  Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability  Goal 8: A global partnership for develop
Measurement of Health status
Health care-what to measure?
Rural women’s health
Types of health Indicators:
Other measures QOLI HDI
Physic al well being Psycholo g-ical well
HDI Indicators Life Expectancy Standard of Living Education
The women power we have.. ANM ASHA AWW Women empowerment by community participation Health system 0.75 million 0.19 million 1.2 million AWW- Anganwadi Worker ASHA-Accredited Social Health Activist ANM- Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery
A triangle that can move the mountain…. 02-04-2017 14 Universal primary education Emphasis on girl child Economic equality
What is Women Empowerment? Women's empowerment has five components: oSense of self-worth oRight to have and to determine choices oRight to have access to opportunities and resources oRight to have the power to control their own lives, both within and outside the home oAbility to influence the direction of social change to create a more just social and economic order, nationally and internationally 15
What is the root cause? What rural women have: 2% of land 5% extension services 15% parliamentary seats Marginal access to formal credit Less education Fewer rights What rural women do: Family care Domestic work Agricultural production Income - generation Management of household food security Natural resources management Why are they still unaware of it?
Challenge: Burden of Disease in the new millenium
Today’s issues
Identified areas of help in among rural women  Appropriate health screenings; o Primary care;  Prenatal care;  Family planning services;  Oral care;  Vision and eye health services; and  Mental health care.
 Nutrition of women  Drinking Water and Sanitation
 Housing and Shelter  Environment
Tomorrow's challenges
THANK YOU

More Related Content

Rural women’s health

  • 1. RURAL WOMEN’S HEALTH: TODAY’S ISSUES TOMORROWS CHALLENGE By- Bhawana Dayal Senior Research Fellow
  • 2. “Women Hold up Half the Sky” ….and much more  Empowering women: Valuable as an end in itself as a basic human right.  And as a powerful determinant of women’s health,
  • 5. Millennium Development Goals  Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger  Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education  Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower Women  Goal 4: Reduce child Mortality  Goal 5: Improve maternal health  Goal6:Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases  Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability  Goal 8: A global partnership for develop
  • 9. Types of health Indicators:
  • 13. The women power we have.. ANM ASHA AWW Women empowerment by community participation Health system 0.75 million 0.19 million 1.2 million AWW- Anganwadi Worker ASHA-Accredited Social Health Activist ANM- Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery
  • 14. A triangle that can move the mountain…. 02-04-2017 14 Universal primary education Emphasis on girl child Economic equality
  • 15. What is Women Empowerment? Women's empowerment has five components: oSense of self-worth oRight to have and to determine choices oRight to have access to opportunities and resources oRight to have the power to control their own lives, both within and outside the home oAbility to influence the direction of social change to create a more just social and economic order, nationally and internationally 15
  • 16. What is the root cause? What rural women have: 2% of land 5% extension services 15% parliamentary seats Marginal access to formal credit Less education Fewer rights What rural women do: Family care Domestic work Agricultural production Income - generation Management of household food security Natural resources management Why are they still unaware of it?
  • 17. Challenge: Burden of Disease in the new millenium
  • 19. Identified areas of help in among rural women  Appropriate health screenings; o Primary care;  Prenatal care;  Family planning services;  Oral care;  Vision and eye health services; and  Mental health care.
  • 20.  Nutrition of women  Drinking Water and Sanitation
  • 21.  Housing and Shelter  Environment