The WHO states that the new manual will concentrate on "updating key concepts around gender," which contains "Highlighting and expanding on the concept of intersectionality, which looks at how gender power dynamics interact with other hierarchies of privilege or disadvantage, resulting in inequality and differential health outcomes for different people."
It further concentrates on "Going beyond binary approaches to gender and health to recognize gender and sexual diversity, or the concept that gender identity exists on a continuum and that sex is not limited to male or female."
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The WHO states that the update, which arrives over 10 years after the manual was first published in 2011, was made "in light of new scientific evidence and conceptual progress on gender, health and development."
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According to the agency, "The review and update of the manual is being carried out in partnership with the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health."
The press release further declares that the public will be able to submit "inputs and feedback from reviews of the updates" as well as take part "in a validation workshop and/or the pilots."
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The guidance is further anticipated to present “new gender, equity and human rights frameworks” as well as unspecified tools to further maintain those concepts.
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The review and update of the 146-page manual is being done in partnership with the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health.
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“During the summer and fall of 2022, people will have the opportunity to provide inputs and feedback from reviews of the updates and participate in a validation workshop and/or the pilots,” the WHO goes on.
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The current “Gender Mainstreaming for Health Managers: A Practical Approach” manual is billed as a “user-friendly guide” to raise awareness and acquire skills on gender analysis and gender-responsive planning in health care.
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It is unclear when the revised manual will be finalized and distributed yet some specialists are criticizing the update as problematic.
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“It is a dismissal of basic biology – and [a] mistake,” Jenny Gamble, a professor in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health at Coventry University, told the Daily Mail. “Biology is a key determinant of health and illness.”
The new guidance could lead to unforeseen issues, Gamble insisted.
“Not being clear about basic biology opens the door to a range of problems, including very poor health communication but also distorted data,” Gamble announced.
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