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Integrating Gender Interests into Health Policy
Author(s) -
Gideon Jasmine
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
development and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-7660
pISSN - 0012-155X
DOI - 10.1111/j.0012-155x.2006.00480.x
Subject(s) - grassroots , gender mainstreaming , optimism , context (archaeology) , mainstreaming , political science , state (computer science) , relation (database) , economic growth , public administration , gender equality , sociology , gender studies , politics , law , psychology , economics , social psychology , paleontology , special education , computer science , biology , database , algorithm
This article reviews current initiatives to integrate gender interests into health policy in Chile. The analysis outlines the debates that have arisen around the questions of mainstreaming gender, in relation to state institutions, NGOs and grassroots organizations. The discussion highlights both the constraints and opportunities identified in the literature. The study locates the Chilean case study within these broader debates and draws some overall conclusions. Despite the limitations posed by the broader context of neo‐liberal health sector reforms, the experience of the Chilean gender mainstreaming initiative does suggest that there is some cause for optimism.