? 27 October ? 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM (CET)
Virtual
On 27 October, the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations University (UNU), with the British Medical Journal (BMJ), will host a virtual event at the World Health Summit launching a special BMJ Collection reflecting on health and gender inequalities.
Twenty-five years after the international community adopted the visionary Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action for Women (1995), its commitments and actions remain deafeningly relevant for women’s and girls’ health. Gender discrimination, bias, and inequities in health persist, and the unequal distribution of power impedes our ability to affect change.
Even before the COVID-19 crisis, it was clear that the world and societies have changed dramatically in the past 25 years, with demographic, epidemiological, technological, and socio-economic transitions that have changed the risk factors and drivers of women’s health, their access to healthcare services, the experience of ill health and quality of life.
This session will draw on evidence and lessons on advancing women’s health since Beijing to rethink how to better meet their needs, now and in a post-COVID-19 world.
Original source: WHO
