tailieunhanh - Unequal, Unfair, Ineffective and Inefficient Gender Inequity in Health: Why it exists and how we can change it

In many countries, babies born to women in prison stay in prison with their mother, and very young children may accompany their mothers into prison. Facilities vary widely between and within countries. Some countries have mother and baby units, with special facilities to support the mother and the child’s development. In others, babies live in the prisons without the state officially noting or monitoring their presence and without any special provision being made for them. In prison, facilities to ensure the safety, health and development of a child are often lacking or inadequate. Nevertheless, studies (United Nations Office on Drugs. | Karolinska Institute Unequal Unfair Ineffective and Inefficient Gender Inequity in Health Why it exists and how we can change it Final Report to the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health September 2007 Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network Submitted by Gita Sen and Piroska Ostlin Co-coordinators of the WGEKN1 Report writing team Gita Sen Piroska Ostlin Asha George 1 We are very grateful to the members and corresponding members of the WGEKN and the authors of background papers for their willingness to write read comment and send material. Special thanks are due to Linda Rydberg and Priya Patel for their cheerful and competent support at the different stages of this report. We would also like to thank Beena Varghese for her inputs to the report. Members Rebecca Cook Claudia Garcia Moreno Adrienne Germain Veloshnee Govender Caren Grown Afua Hesse Helen Keleher Yunguo LIU Piroska Ostlin Coordinator Rosalind Petchesky Silvina Ramos Sundari Ravindran Alex Scott-Samuel Gita Sen Coordinator Hilary Standing Debora Tajer Sally Theobald Huda Zurayk Corresponding members Pat Armstrong Jill Astbury Gary Barker Anjana Bhushan Mabel Bianco Mary Anne Burke James Dwyer Margrit Eichler Sahar El- Sheneity Alessandra Fantini Elsa Gomez Ana Cristina Gonzalez Velez Anne Hammarstrom Amparo Hernandez-Bello Nduku Kilonzo Jennifer Klot Gunilla Krantz Rally Macintyre Peggy Maguire Mary Manandhar Nomafrench Mbombo Geeta Rao Gupta Sunanda Ray Marta Rondon Hania Sholkamy Erna Surjadi Wilfreda Thurston Joanna Vogel Isabel Yordi Aguirre Authors of background papers Karina Batthyány Sonia Correa Lucinda Franklin Asha George Veloshnee Govender Aditi Iyer Helen Keleher Aarti Kelkar-Khambete Melissa Laurie Ranjani Murthy Piroska Ostlin Loveday Penn-Kekana Rosalind Petchesky Sundari Ravindran Gita Sen Rachel Snow Reviewers of background papers Gary Barker Anjana Bhushan Lesley Doyal James Dwyer Sahar El-Sheneity Alexandra Fantini Ana Cristina Gonzalez Velez Amparo Hernández Bello Peggy .