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• No more hush-hush! End mental health stigma

  This year, the World Mental Health Day theme is ‘mental health as a universal human right’, which aims to prevent, treat, and enable people with mental health conditions while providing a conducive environment through sensitising people in society. Speaking to ETHealthworld, a few experts shared insights on how the stigma and myths around mental health can be dispelled by creating awareness at the right places with the right age groups.

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• UN goal of achieving gender equality by 2030 is impossible because of biases against women, UN says

  The U.N. goal of achieving gender equality by 2030 is impossible to attain because of deeply rooted biases against women around the world in heath, education, employment and the halls of power, the United Nations said in a report Thursday. "The world is failing women and girls," UN Women, the agency promoting gender equality, and the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs said in "The Gender Snapshot 2023" report.

  

• "It's high time that we normalise and acknowledge menstruation": Health experts share views on Menstrual Hygiene Day

  Adequate sanitation facilities and access to feminine hygiene products are important but opening discussion making adequate education for women and girls is of equal importance. Research has found that not having access to menstrual hygiene management products can keep girls home from school during their period each month.

  

• In Japan, women find rare parity in the prosecutors' office

  Japan ranks among the worst in gender equality for developed nations despite being No. 1 in equal access to education for women and men. So how are women finding equal footing in the esteemed field?

  

• Achieve access for all women and girls to digital innovations and technologies: WHO Regional Director Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh

  The World Health Organisation also called upon the countries of the South-East Asia region to overcome gaps in digital access, use, and skills; these gaps must be closed, and inequities in digital leadership and decision-making must be reduced. Countries must continue to strengthen gender analysis, which can reveal the reasons for gender differences in health and health policies, programmes and interventions, including digital health interventions.

  

• Achieve gender equality in this generation: Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh

  On this year’s International Women’s Day, which marks 25 years since the path-breaking Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, we must redouble our efforts and accelerate progress towards gender equality in this generation.

  

• At No. 122, India fares poorly on gender equality

  The data on various dimensions studied for arriving at India’s GDI for 2018 shows that life expectancy at birth for males was 68.2 and for females it was 70.7.

  

• International Women's Day 2019

  Let's build a gender-balanced world by aligning the wheels.

  

• We want women to be healthy, live to their full potential & promote gender equality: Traci L. Baird

  Shahid Akhter, editor, EThealthworld spoke to Traci L. Baird, President and CEO, EngenderHealth, Washington DC, to know more about their pan India activities in the field of women empowerment.

  

• Gender parity: Despite 21-place jump, India at a lowly 87

  India has closed its gender gap by 2 per cent in a year and its gap now stands at 68 per cent across the four pillars that WEF measures, economy, education, health and political representation.

  

• State should foot bill for maternity, paternity leave

  Increasing maternity leave from 12 to 26 weeks will significantly increase wage costs in labour-intensive industries that India needs to provide jobs.