Conceptualizing Gender Equity in Indian Health Care System

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dc.contributor.authorDeka, Ankita
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-22T19:07:39Z
dc.date.available2019-10-22T19:07:39Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractEnsuring gender equity in access to basic services has remained an enduring challenge in the political economy of social policy development in most nation states. In India, an analysis of the problem of lack of access to basic services like health care assumes significant complexity, as poverty interplays with structural inequities arising out of caste, class and gender. Gender based differences are not unique to India as they have been the fundamental characteristic of most human societies and they impact all aspects of an individual’s political, socio-cultural , economic and intra-psychic life (Chafetz,1990). However, gender based discrimination has existed in the fabric of the Indian social system for a very long time and has adversely affected women’s development. Gender inequity in access to basic services, stems from the way the gender roles ascribed by society impact the way resources and rights are distributed amongst men and women. Therefore, inequity in health care access is also characterized by the way resources are allocated, distributed and utilized by men and women in India (Thukral, 2002).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/5021
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Houston Graduate College of Social Worken_US
dc.subjectAnkita Dekaen_US
dc.subjectPerspectives on Social Worken_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.subjectSocial Policyen_US
dc.subjectPerspectives on Social Work
dc.subjectIndia
dc.subjectSocial policy
dc.titleConceptualizing Gender Equity in Indian Health Care Systemen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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