There is need for in-depth understanding on gender-related norms and social supports that operate in Tanzanian culture and how they influence uptake of cervical cancer screening service among women of childbearing age.
A better understanding of gender influences on fetal heart rate can help to improve analysis of the latter and perhaps elucidate the increased risk of perinatal death that occurs in males.
Sensitive approaches to tobacco reduction for women and men must be developed building on greater understanding of gender relations and how tobacco use is integrated in spousal and parental roles.
Our gender-theoretical perspective, as applied in the overall project and in the intervention groups, is based on the understanding of gender as a social construction, where gender is produced and reproduced in ongoing social, cultural, and hierarchal relations and processes [ 45, 51].
And even more important, they are not required to do the labor of educating you on the shortcomings of your understanding of gender.
These essays examine current economic practices in the light of a feminist understanding of gender differences as socially constructed rather than based on essential male and female characteristics.
The Program in Women's and Gender Studies WGSS) educates MIT undergraduates on the importance of gender equity, and promotes a broad understanding of gender and its complex intersection with sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, ability, religious affiliation, and other categories of identity.
Jay Stewart, director of Gendered Intelligence, an NGO that promotes greater understanding of gender diversity, said there are now more than 50 gender options on Facebook rather than the traditional two.
This provides a more robust understanding of gender dynamics within households and communities.
"Young people have a very sophisticated understanding of gender yet the world is lagging behind.
This book shows how fruitful a gendered take on issues within this area is, both for a deepened understanding of these organizational issues and for a widened understanding of gender issues.
