Journal article
Towards a better tomorrow: addressing intersectional gender power relations to eradicate inequities in maternal health
MA Bohren, A Iyer, AJD Barros, CR Williams, A Hazfiarini, L Arroyave, V Filippi, C Chamberlain, T Kabakian-Khasholian, K Mayra, R Gill, JP Vogel, D Chou, AS George, OT Oladapo
Eclinicalmedicine | Published : 2024
Abstract
An equity lens to maternal health has typically focused on assessing the differences in coverage and use of healthcare services and critical interventions. While this approach is important, we argue that healthcare experiences, dignity, rights, justice, and well-being are fundamental components of high quality and person-centred maternal healthcare that must also be considered. Looking at differences across one dimension alone does not reflect how fundamental drivers of maternal health inequities—including racism, ethnic or caste-based discrimination, and gendered power relations—operate. In this paper, we describe how using an intersectionality approach to maternal health can illuminate how..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Support for this paper was provided by the UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), a cosponsored programme executed by the World Health Organization; and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) . MAB is supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE200100264) and a Dame Kate Campbell Fellowship (University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences) . CC is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellowship. AG is supported by the South African Research Chair's Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology and National Research Foundation of South Africa (Grant No 82769) , the South African Medical Research Council and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Countdown to 2030 Grant (Grant Number INV-007594). The contents of the paper are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HRP, World Health Organization or other authors' organisations. The corresponding author (MAB) had the final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.