Interactive Catalogue

Equal but Different A framework for integrating gender equality in Health Service Executive Policy, Planning and Service Delivery

Literature Item

Author Information:

Name: Ministry of Health, Disability and Mental Health and the National Women´s council of Ireland

Email: contact@equality.gov.ie

Website: https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/171f0-minister-for-health-publishes-report-of-womens-voices-on-womens-health-in-ireland/

Abstract:

Senior level commitment and leadership is essential to have a transformative effect on the delivery of services to women, men and transgenderpersons. The framework has been developed under the aegis of an inter-agency Gender Mainstreaming Steering Group led by the HSE (Population Health/Health Promotion) and the National Women’s Council of Ireland and including men’s organisations,the Equality Authority, the Irish Cancer Society and the Institute of Public Health. It identifies eight key steps required to achieve gender equality within the HSE.namely (1)senior level commitment and leadership (2) awareness raising about gender differences in health (3) collating and analysing gendeI. this framework show how changes in awareness and capacity of all staff needs to be implemented so that gender mainstreaming becomes part of the core work of the HSE.

Keywords:

equality, health, women, ledership

Dates:

Jan. 11, 2012 - None

Source Specificity:

Initiative/Practice/Project/Programme/Case Studies, Public Policy Document

Website:

https://www.nwci.ie/download/pdf/equal_but_different_final_report.pdf

Power Domains:

Political, Social

Methods Tools:

Gender Training, Awareness-raising

Country:

IE

City:

Dublin

Implementation Scale:

national

Language:

English

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