Sustainable Development & Environmental Health (SDE)

Technical Advisory Group on Gender Equality and Health

10 & 11 November, 2009Washington DC

Sustainable Development

& Environmental Health (SDE)

Human Security &

Urban Health(Violence, Traffic,

Urban Health, Solid Waste)

Health Determinants &

Health Promotion

Consumers and

Workers’ Health

(Toxicology)

Alcohol, Tobacco and Substance

abuse

Intersectoral Alliances &

Local Development

Risk Assessment &

Global Environmental

Change

Sustainable Development and Environmental Health

Equity

Excellence

Solidarity

Respect

Integrity

Sustainable Development and Environmental Health

SDE Competencies:

Examples of Successful SDE Technical Cooperation:

SDE Collaborating Centers & Partners:

Leadership in the area ofsocial determinants and health including inequities

Information analysis, Identification of environmental risks and preventive strategies

Inter-sectoral and inter-institutional management skills. Planning, managing and evaluating Technical Cooperation strategies

Prevention of violence and traffic injuries through HP/SD work with municipal and local authoritiesProject: Youth Development and Violence Prevention

Funder/Partner: GTZ/BMZProject: Injuries surveillance systemsFunder/Partner: CDC

Support the ratification of Environmental Risk andthe application of guidelines

Project: DDT/MalariaFunder: UNEP/GEF

Ratification of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; Support negotiations to determine best mechanism for countries to pursue ratification of WHO FCTC

Project: Bloomberg Global Initiative to Reduce Tobacco UseFunder: Bloomberg Philanthropies

University of Toronto,ISALUD/Argentina,Ibero-American Network of Cultural Heritage for Humanity, Health and University Cities

Fiocruz/Brazil, University of WisconsinHarvard University,IRET/Costa Rica,CEHI Saint Lucia

John Hopkins BloombergSchool of Public Health, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Instituto Nacional de Cancer (Brazil)

Sustainable Development and Environmental Health

Cross Organizational

TeamsMDGs

MDGs critical forPAHO’s cooperation with

countries

Results-based management Mainstreaming and

Inter-sectoral collaboration

Faces, Voices and PlacesInitiative taking forward the MDGs

PAHO’s commitment to MDGs was ratified in the 45th

Directing Council

Intersectoral Alliances &

Local Development

Why gender matters to SDE?Selected reasons

Why gender matters to SDE?Selected reasons

• Alcohol– Relationship between alcohol and violence:

• Men who drink may become more violent and inflict greater harm

• Women victims of violence may turn to alcohol to self-medicate

• Violence– Violence affects men and women differently:

• Men are more likely to be victims of violence by strangers• Women are more likely to be victims of violence by a

partner or someone known to them• Road safety

– Road traffic injuries are leading cause of death among adolescent girls in high and middle income countries

– Of the deaths caused by traffic accidents in the Americas, almost 80% occur among men

• Tobacco– Adolescent and young women are specific targets of tobacco

companies– Women seem to have greater difficulty in quitting

• Alcohol– Relationship between alcohol and violence:

• Men who drink may become more violent and inflict greater harm

• Women victims of violence may turn to alcohol to self-medicate

• Violence– Violence affects men and women differently:

• Men are more likely to be victims of violence by strangers• Women are more likely to be victims of violence by a

partner or someone known to them• Road safety

– Road traffic injuries are leading cause of death among adolescent girls in high and middle income countries

– Of the deaths caused by traffic accidents in the Americas, almost 80% occur among men

• Tobacco– Adolescent and young women are specific targets of tobacco

companies– Women seem to have greater difficulty in quitting

How is SDE mainstreaming gender internally?

How is SDE mainstreaming gender internally?

• Internal gender workshop to ensure gender was considered in planning process (in partnership with GEH)

• Examples of how gender was included in work plans:– 3.2.1 - # of countries with intersectoral plans for the

prevention of GBV– 3.3.1 - # of countries with information systems that

include indicators on GBV– 3.6.2 - # of countries that include support to quit

smoking in their health services, following WHO guidelines

– 7.2.3 - # of countries that have incorporated the initiative “faces, voices and places” (gender perspective and social determinants of health)

• Internal gender workshop to ensure gender was considered in planning process (in partnership with GEH)

• Examples of how gender was included in work plans:– 3.2.1 - # of countries with intersectoral plans for the

prevention of GBV– 3.3.1 - # of countries with information systems that

include indicators on GBV– 3.6.2 - # of countries that include support to quit

smoking in their health services, following WHO guidelines

– 7.2.3 - # of countries that have incorporated the initiative “faces, voices and places” (gender perspective and social determinants of health)

Selected ongoing SDE initiatives and collaborations related to gender

Selected ongoing SDE initiatives and collaborations related to gender

• Study of unpaid workers to provide evidence to tailor actions to improve the health, safety, and working conditions of women in this sector

• Study on sexual violence in situations of conflict to guide future action

• Support to initiative in the area of violence and HIV in Central America (headed by HIV and Gender areas)

• Gender-based violence observatories (in partnership with GEH)

• Study of unpaid workers to provide evidence to tailor actions to improve the health, safety, and working conditions of women in this sector

• Study on sexual violence in situations of conflict to guide future action

• Support to initiative in the area of violence and HIV in Central America (headed by HIV and Gender areas)

• Gender-based violence observatories (in partnership with GEH)

Future SDE efforts to continue strengthening focus on genderFuture SDE efforts to continue strengthening focus on gender

• Each SDE team has to report gender oriented outcomes

• New structure (to start in early 2010) teams will have to have gender based projects

• Team coordination is strengthened and gender focus is strongly encouraged

• Advisor on IFV to widen SDE gender perspective

• Further strengthen work with GHE

• Each SDE team has to report gender oriented outcomes

• New structure (to start in early 2010) teams will have to have gender based projects

• Team coordination is strengthened and gender focus is strongly encouraged

• Advisor on IFV to widen SDE gender perspective

• Further strengthen work with GHE