defines the present scenario of women's health and the expected changes that need's to be taken into action for future

1. RURAL WOMEN’S
HEALTH: TODAY’S ISSUES
TOMORROWS
CHALLENGE
By-
Bhawana Dayal
Senior Research Fellow

2. “Women Hold up Half the Sky”
….and much more
 Empowering women:
Valuable as an end in
itself as a basic human
right.
 And as a powerful
determinant of women’s
health,

4. Dimensions of health

5. Millennium Development
Goals
 Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
 Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
 Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower
Women
 Goal 4: Reduce child Mortality
 Goal 5: Improve maternal health
 Goal6:Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria
and other diseases
 Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
 Goal 8: A global partnership for develop

6. Measurement of Health status

7. Health care-what to measure?

9. Types of health Indicators:

10. Other
measures
QOLI HDI

11. Physic
al well
being
Psycholo
g-ical
well

12. HDI
Indicators
Life
Expectancy
Standard
of Living
Education

13. The women power we have..
ANM
ASHA
AWW
Women
empowerment
by community
participation
Health system
0.75 million
0.19 million
1.2 million
AWW- Anganwadi Worker
ASHA-Accredited Social Health Activist
ANM- Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery

14. A triangle that can move
the mountain….
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Universal
primary
education
Emphasis on
girl child
Economic
equality

15. What is Women Empowerment?
Women's empowerment has five components:
oSense of self-worth
oRight to have and to determine choices
oRight to have access to opportunities and resources
oRight to have the power to control their own lives,
both within and outside the home
oAbility to influence the direction of social change to
create a more just social and economic order,
nationally and internationally
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16. What is the root cause?
What rural women have:
2% of land
5% extension
services
15% parliamentary
seats
Marginal access to
formal credit
Less education
Fewer rights
What rural women do:
Family care
Domestic work
Agricultural
production
Income - generation
Management of
household food
security
Natural resources
management
Why are they still unaware of it?

17. Challenge: Burden of Disease
in the new millenium

18. Today’s issues

19. Identified areas of help in among
rural women
 Appropriate health screenings; o
Primary care;
 Prenatal care;
 Family planning services;
 Oral care;
 Vision and eye health services; and
 Mental health care.

20.  Nutrition of women
 Drinking Water and Sanitation

21.  Housing and Shelter
 Environment

22. Tomorrow's challenges

23. THANK YOU