Gender-based discrimination is irrevocably connected to negative health outcomes for women and girls. Its associated poor health outcomes are often compounded by other forms of inequality related to socioeconomic status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious affiliation or geographical location. While these challenges are imposing, and often encoded in "normalized" ways of living, International Women's Day renews our commitment to denounce violations in human rights and to challenge unequal systems, structures and practices that perpetuate health inequalities across the world.Gender equality is good for health.
A government policy that requires equal treatment can pose problems for lawmakers. A requirement for government to provide equal health care services for all citizens can be prohibitively expensive. If government seeks equality of opportunity for citizens to get health care by rationing services using a maximization model to try to save money, new difficulties might emerge. For example, trying to ration health care by maximizing the "quality-adjusted years of life" might steer monies away from disabled persons even though they may be more deserving, according to one analysis. In another instance, BBC News questioned whether it was wise to ask female army recruits to undergo the same strenuous tests as their male counterparts, since many women were being injured as a result.
Huwebes, Enero 3, 2013
Essence of Christmas
WE are in that special season of the year, a season of joy, of peace and of great tidings. It is a season of carols when we celebrate the birth of Christ the King, the redeemer of mankind. Jesus is the reason for the season.
At Christmas, we are expected to spare time to contemplate things eternal. That is, we must remind ourselves that we are strangers here on earth; that our real home is in heaven, and that no matter how long we live, we shall surely die one day. So many people who started the year 2012 with us are not around to finish it. Like us, they commenced the New Year with high hopes and aspirations. Some may have planned to marry this year, buy a new car or move into a new apartment. But alas, all those are now lost. Thus, we should count ourselves lucky to be alive to see Christmas. This should, therefore, be a period of gratitude to God for sparing our lives and counting us among the living. It should equally be an opportunity for us to mend our ways before God so that we would not be found wanting.
At this Christmas, we must pray for peace in our homes, in the country and in the world at large. We need peace like never before. Our family values have come under heavy attack in recent times, owing to the lack-lustre social economic situation in the land. Many fathers and husbands these days can hardly meet up with their responsibilities; otherwise happy homes are crumbling and children are becoming rebellious. The society also is not better off. There is unemployment and insecurity in the land. The air is filled with so much uncertainty.
At Christmas, we are expected to spare time to contemplate things eternal. That is, we must remind ourselves that we are strangers here on earth; that our real home is in heaven, and that no matter how long we live, we shall surely die one day. So many people who started the year 2012 with us are not around to finish it. Like us, they commenced the New Year with high hopes and aspirations. Some may have planned to marry this year, buy a new car or move into a new apartment. But alas, all those are now lost. Thus, we should count ourselves lucky to be alive to see Christmas. This should, therefore, be a period of gratitude to God for sparing our lives and counting us among the living. It should equally be an opportunity for us to mend our ways before God so that we would not be found wanting.
At this Christmas, we must pray for peace in our homes, in the country and in the world at large. We need peace like never before. Our family values have come under heavy attack in recent times, owing to the lack-lustre social economic situation in the land. Many fathers and husbands these days can hardly meet up with their responsibilities; otherwise happy homes are crumbling and children are becoming rebellious. The society also is not better off. There is unemployment and insecurity in the land. The air is filled with so much uncertainty.
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