Le genre a de l’importance: Plan strategique de l’ISFH 2009-2012
Media Type:
Paper
Online
Maps a course for the strategic activities of the IGH from 2009 to 2012, through the Institute’s annual allocation of strategic funding. This money will be directed toward capacity building and supporting priority research areas. Additional dollars will be acquired by leveraging partnerships and working collaboratively with others.
International journal in women's studies, published since 1975. Sponsored by Rutgers University Department of Women's and Gender Studies. Publishes articles of interdisciplinary interest addressing gender, race, culture, class, nation, and/or sexuality either as central focuses or as constitutive analytics; symposia engaging comparative, interdisciplinary perspectives from around the globe to analyze concepts and topics of import to feminist scholarship; retrospectives that track the growth and development of feminist scholarship, note transformations in key concepts and methodologies, and construct genealogies of feminist inquiry; and new directions essays, which provide an overview of the main themes, controversies, and approaches in recent scholarship in particular fields and introduce this work and its theoretical and conceptual innovations to an interdisciplinary audience.
Highlights the effects of gendered discrimination against Aboriginal women and outlines recommendations on future work needed to ensure that culturally relevant gender-based analysis (CRGBA) is implemented effectively.
A non-profit organization dedicated to the study of the differences of every aspect of normal function in men and women, and the ways in which a greater understanding of these differences can revolutionize the investigation and the treatment of illness. Their goal is to educate physicians and the public about this important new field and to fund scientific research which takes these differences into account. Put simply, a recognition of gender differences is crucial to improving the health of both men and women.
The Centre was established in 1998 at the University of Maastricht. Their research primarily focuses on being male or female as a formative social, cultural, economic and symbolic system.
MedEffect, launched in 2009, is Health Canada’s initiative to make it easier for consumers, patients, and health professionals to report adverse reactions and side effects, obtain new safety information on drugs and other health products, and learn and better understand the importance of reporting side effects.
Medscape from WebMD offers specialists, primary care physicians, and other health professionals the Web's most robust and integrated medical information and educational tools. After a simple, 1-time, free registration, Medscape from WebMD automatically delivers to you a personalized specialty site that best fits your registration profile.
Documents the brutal impact of homelessness on women’s health. Calls homelessness a “life-threatening” condition for women, reveals staggering rates of sexual assault among homeless women, and documents health effects that significantly reduce their life expectancy.
Audits federal government operations and provides Parliament with independent information, advice, and assurance regarding the federal government’s stewardship of public funds.
Mesure des inégalités en matière de santé entre les Canadiennes : établissement d'un bassin d'indicateurs
Media Type:
Online
Author:
Arlene Bierman
Highlights the importance of incorporating gender and equity into health indicator reporting and describes the process of developing a Women’s Health Indicator Framework for reporting. Serves as a tool to achieve the goals of Canada’s Women’s Health Strategy.
