TY - JOUR
T1 - A Community Health Programme in Rural Tamil Nadu, India
T2 - The Need for Gender Justice for Women
AU - Jacob, Mini Elizabeth
AU - Abraham, Sulochana
AU - Surya, Susila
AU - Minz, Shantidani
AU - Singh, Daisy
AU - Abraham, Vinod Joseph
AU - Prasad, Jasmin
AU - George, Kuryan
AU - Kuruvilla, Anju
AU - Jacob, KS
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - This article highlights the efforts of the Community Health and Development (CHAD) Programme of Christian Medical College to address the issues of gender discrimination and improve the status of women in the Kaniyambadi Block, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. The many schemes that are specifically for women and general projects for the community from which women can also benefit represent a multi-pronged approach whose aim is the improvement of women's health, education and employment in the context of community development. However, despite five decades of work with a clear bias in favour of women, the improvement in health and the empowerment of women has lagged behind that achieved by men. We believe this is because the community, with its strong male bias, utilises the health facilities and education and employment programmes more for the benefit of men and boys than women and girls. The article argues for a change of approach, in which gender and women's issues are openly discussed and debated with the community. It would appear that nothing short of social change will bring about an improvement in the health of women and a semblance of gender equality in the region.
AB - This article highlights the efforts of the Community Health and Development (CHAD) Programme of Christian Medical College to address the issues of gender discrimination and improve the status of women in the Kaniyambadi Block, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. The many schemes that are specifically for women and general projects for the community from which women can also benefit represent a multi-pronged approach whose aim is the improvement of women's health, education and employment in the context of community development. However, despite five decades of work with a clear bias in favour of women, the improvement in health and the empowerment of women has lagged behind that achieved by men. We believe this is because the community, with its strong male bias, utilises the health facilities and education and employment programmes more for the benefit of men and boys than women and girls. The article argues for a change of approach, in which gender and women's issues are openly discussed and debated with the community. It would appear that nothing short of social change will bring about an improvement in the health of women and a semblance of gender equality in the region.
KW - India
KW - community-based programmes and interventions
KW - development
KW - women's health
KW - women's status
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U2 - 10.1016/S0968-8080(06)27227-6
DO - 10.1016/S0968-8080(06)27227-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 16713884
AN - SCOPUS:33646505739
VL - 14
SP - 101
EP - 108
JO - Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
JF - Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
SN - 0968-8080
IS - 27
ER -