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 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.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
World Bank |
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| Format: | Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
Washington, DC
2002-01-23
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| 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, |
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| 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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