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Women, Health and Humanitarian Aid in Conflict
Author(s) -
Palmer Celia A.,
Zwi Anthony B.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/1467-7717.00089
Subject(s) - occupational safety and health , poison control , suicide prevention , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , humanitarian aid , medical emergency , engineering , forensic engineering , medicine , computer security , political science , computer science , law
The burden of political conflict on civilian populations has increased significantly over the last few decades. Increasingly, the provision of resources and services to these populations is coming under scrutiny; we highlight here the limited attention to gender in their provision. Women and men have different exposures to situations that affect health and access to health‐care and have differential power to influence decisions regarding the provision of health services. We argue that the role of women in planning is central to the provision of effective, efficient and sensitive health‐care to conflict‐affected populations.