Webinar Series: Gender Barriers to Immunisation

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Understanding the importance of addressing gender inequity as part of health systems strengthening, through efforts at community level as well as in each tier of the health system.

HOW YOU CAN USE THIS MATERIAL:

Community and other country stakeholders  can use these webinar materials to learn how to conduct a gender analysis within broader coverage and equity assessments (CEA).

OVERVIEW

This webinar series, held by the Zero-dose Community of Practice, centered around social gender barriers to immunisation.

The first webinar,  Social Gender Barriers, provided participants with an understanding of key concepts of gender-related barriers such as gender versus sex, intersectionality, applying a “gender lens” to programming, and the gender continuum in programming. The webinar included practical examples and case studies of the role that gender plays in communities, with examples of strategies that have been implemented in low- and middle-income countries to overcome social gender-related barriers to immunisation.

The second webinar, Structural Gender Barriers, covered barriers that relate to the health system and particularly to the health workforce. The webinar also covered the effectiveness of gender responsive, and gender transformative strategies related to immunisation, and how to measure and monitor gender-related barriers in public health.

Webinar Materials

Webinar 1: Social Gender Barriers

Presentation

The webinar recording can be accessed by first logging into the Zero-dose Community of Practice and then going to their webinar recording library here.

Webinar 2: Structural Gender Barriers

Presentation

The webinar recording can be accessed by first logging into the Zero-dose Community of Practice and then going to their webinar recording library here.

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