The importance of gender analysis in research for health systems strengthening

by Sally Theobold, Rosemary Morgan, Kate Hawkins, Sarah Ssali, Asha George, Sassy Molyneux

This editorial discusses a collection of papers examining gender across a range of health policy and systems contexts, from access to services, governance, health financing, and human resources for health.

23rd March 2018 • comment

How to do (or not to do)… gender analysis in health systems research

by Rosemary Morgan, Asha George, Sarah Ssali, Kate Hawkins, Sassy Molyneux, Sally Theobold

This helpful article outlines gender analysis and how it can be incorporated into health systems research, and how to explore the issues that may arise from this.

15th December 2016 • comment

Using Gender Analysis within Qualitative Research

by Research in Gender and Ethics (RinGs)

Gender analysis entails researchers seeking to understand gender power relations and norms and their implications, including the nature of women’s, men’s, and people of other gender’s lives, how their needs and experiences differ, the causes and consequences of these differences, and how services and polices might address these differences. 

23rd September 2016 • comment