Gender Training Material
This toolkit to enhance women's empowerment and leadership in health and welfare was developed as part of the implementation of the Kobe Plan of Action for Women and Health (WHO, 2002). The toolkit represents the latest step in the WHO Kobe Centre's effort to boost the involvement of women in the design of health and welfare policy and programmes, the delivery of health services, and the improvement of health outcomes.
This project is an attempt to provide policy-makers with a toolkit that will assist them in their work on women's empowerment and leadership in health and welfare. It identifies areas where further improvement can be made to empower women in the different aspects of their lives in order to better the health and quality of life of themselves and of their families. Before taking action to empower women and to enhance their leadership in health and welfare, decision-makers need to ask themselves two key questions: "What are the felt and priority needs of women?" and "What can be done to meet these needs?"
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