Brazil Gender Review : Issues and Recommendations

The report, which documents findings of a review on gender issues in Brazil, during 1999, and updated in 2001, is responsive to the recognition of gender as an important issue in increasing socioeconomic well-being, and reducing poverty. The review...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	GENDER ANALYSIS GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ROLES SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS POVERTY REDUCTION HEALTH INDICATORS LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS SECTORAL ASSESSMENT MORTALITY RATES CRIME VIOLENCE PRENATAL CARE TEACHING METHODS GENDER BIAS EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ABORTION ABUSE OF CHILDREN ACCIDENTS ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT FEMALES ADOLESCENT HEALTH ADOLESCENT HEALTH PROGRAM ADOLESCENTS AGED AGGRESSION ALCOHOLISM BIRTH CONTROL BIRTHS CARE PROVIDERS CARE SERVICES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION COERCION COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY HEALTH CONDOM USE CONTRACEPTIVE USE DEATH RATE DECISION MAKING DEMOGRAPHY DEPRESSION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DOMESTIC CHORES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EARLY CHILDHOOD EPIDEMIOLOGY ETHICS FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FAMILY WELFARE FATHERS FEMALE ADOLESCENTS FEMALE STERILIZATION FIRST PREGNANCY FORM OF CONTRACEPTION GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER ISSUES GIRLS HEALTH CARE HEALTH SERVICES HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ILLITERACY IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME IMMUNODEFICIENCY INJURIES INNOVATION INTEGRATION INTERVENTION LAWS LIFE EXPECTANCY MATERNAL DEATH MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MEDIA METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION MORTALITY MOTHERS NGOS NURSERY SCHOOLS NUTRITION ORAL CONTRACEPTION PARENTING PARENTS PATIENTS PEER GROUP PEER GROUPS PHARMACIES PILL PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRIVATE PROVIDERS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF LIFE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RISK FACTORS RISK OF INFECTIONS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL WOMEN SAFETY SCHOOLS SEX SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL HEALTH SEXUAL HEALTH CARE SEXUAL VIOLENCE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES SIBLINGS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIALIZATION STERILIZATION STREET CHILDREN SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUICIDE TEENAGE PREGNANCY TEENAGERS TETANUS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION USE OF CONTRACEPTION USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES VICTIMS VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WORKERS WORKPLACE YOUNG ADULT YOUNGER WOMEN YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1794753/brazil-gender-review-issues-recommendations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15421

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Summary:	The report, which documents findings of a review on gender issues in Brazil, during 1999, and updated in 2001, is responsive to the recognition of gender as an important issue in increasing socioeconomic well-being, and reducing poverty. The review examines gender in terms of demographic trends, health indicators, the effects and causes of violence, education indicators, labor market trends, and social protection. It identifies gender issues across sectors, with a view to improving the Bank's efficiency, and effectiveness, in reducing gender inequities that affect both women, and men, though discussion on male gender issues is limited. Major findings indicate that mortality rates linked to external factors (i.e., traffic accidents, homicide, suicide), differ greatly by gender; pre-natal care for pregnant women continues to be inadequate; violence continues to be high; teaching methods tend to reinforce gender segregation; and, early childhood, and education programs remain poor. Recommendations include the need for changing societal gender roles, by acting on gender issues through community, and local level organizations, but targeting men as well as women, since male issues, such as violence and under performance in school, among others, may be attributed to men's narrowly defined gender roles, while effective women's programs, often require men's implicit, or explicit cooperation, and involvement.

Brazil Gender Review : Issues and Recommendations

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