Issues covered include: women's comparative lack of access to medical care throughout the life-cycle: mental health: why infectious diseases are a gender issue: the role of older women in health promotion: gender-sensitive monitoring and impact assessment of health projects: and womens gender-specific needs to birth control and prevent exposure to sexually-transmitted disease, including HIV/AIDS.
'Information Pack intended for use both as a basic resource on gender analysis for the interested reader or for use in a training setting. It has been developed to reflect UNDP’s needs in particular,especially those of gender focal points in UNDP country offices.'