Improvement of women's health including family planning and population-oriented programmes : summary of the preliminary assessment report

Abstract

Health care and population programmes should be based on the needs of men and women of any age and should provide for the participation of women on an equal footing with men in the management, planning, decision-making, policy-making, implementation, organization and evaluation exercises. Governments, NGOs, United Nations bodies and other organizations should take practical measures to mainstream women at all society levels in the health care systems. They should take special care to integrate population issues and health care activities in the policy making and overall human development strategies within the context of a carefully crafted gender equity framework.