TAILIEUCHUNG - GENDERED VULNERABILITIES: WOMEN’S HEALTH AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE IN INDIA

In Afghanistan, the role of women and their position in the society are inextricably interlinked with the national destiny. Women are symbols of family honor but also carry the burden of embodying the national honor and aspirations of the country. Gender has thus been one of the most politicized issues in Afghanistan over the past 100 years, where many reform attempts rightly or wrongly have been condemned by opponents as un- Islamic and a challenge to the sanctity of the faith and family. Notions of honor and shame underpinning cultural norms and practices emphasize female modesty and purity and define men as breadwinners and the protectors of. | GENDERED VULNERABILITIES WOMEN S HEALTH AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE IN INDIA MANASEE MISHRA The Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes CEHAT Mumbai PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version First Published in July 2006 By . Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes Survey No. 2804 2805 Aaram Society Road Vakola Santacruz East Mumbai - 400 055 Tel. 91-22-26673571 26673154 Fax 22-26673156 E-mail cehat@vsnl. com Website CEHAT ISBN 81-89042-45-9 Printed at Satam Udyog Parel Mumbai-400 012. PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version FROM THE RESEARCH DESK Health and Human rights has explicit intrinsic connections and has emerged as powerful concepts within the rights based approach especially so in the backdrop of weakening public health system unregulated growth of the private sector and restricted access to healthcare systems leading to a near-total eclipse of availability and accessibility of universal and comprehensive healthcare. A rights-based approach to health uses International Human Rights treaties and norms to hold governments accountable for their obligations under the treaties. It recognises the fact that the right to health is a fundamental right of every human being and it implies the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and that it is one of the fundamental rights of every human being and that governments have a responsibility for the health of their people which can be fulfilled only through the provision of adequate health and social measures. It gets integrated into research advocacy strategies and tools including monitoring community education and mobilisation litigation and policy formulation. Right to the highest attainable standard is encapsulated in Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights. It covers the underlying preconditions necessary for health and also the provisions of medical care. The critical component .

• Sức khỏe phụ nữ
• national destiny
• Women are symbols
• politicized issues
• challenge to the sanctity
• practices emphasize
• Amanullahs government