Women's Health And The World's Cities (the City In The Twenty-first Century)
by Afaf Ibrahim Meleis /
2011 / English / PDF
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Growing urbanization affects women and men in fundamentally
different ways, but the relationship between gender and city
environments has been ignored or misunderstood. Women and men
play different roles, frequent different public areas, and face
different health risks. Women suffer disproportionately from
disease, injury, and violence because their access to resources
is often more limited than that of their male counterparts. Yet,
when women are healthy and safe, so are their families and
communities. Urban policy makers and public health professionals
need to understand how conditions in densely populated places can
help or harm the well-being of women in order to serve this large
segment of humanity.
Growing urbanization affects women and men in fundamentally
different ways, but the relationship between gender and city
environments has been ignored or misunderstood. Women and men
play different roles, frequent different public areas, and face
different health risks. Women suffer disproportionately from
disease, injury, and violence because their access to resources
is often more limited than that of their male counterparts. Yet,
when women are healthy and safe, so are their families and
communities. Urban policy makers and public health professionals
need to understand how conditions in densely populated places can
help or harm the well-being of women in order to serve this large
segment of humanity.Women's Health and the World's Cities
Women's Health and the World's Cities illuminates the
intersection of gender, health, and urban environments. This
collection of essays examines the impact of urban living on the
physical and psychological states of women and girls in Africa,
Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Urban planners,
scholars, medical practitioners, and activists present original
research and compelling ideas. They consider the specific needs
of subpopulations of urban women and evaluate strategies for
designing spaces, services, and infrastructure in ways that
promote women's health.
illuminates the
intersection of gender, health, and urban environments. This
collection of essays examines the impact of urban living on the
physical and psychological states of women and girls in Africa,
Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Urban planners,
scholars, medical practitioners, and activists present original
research and compelling ideas. They consider the specific needs
of subpopulations of urban women and evaluate strategies for
designing spaces, services, and infrastructure in ways that
promote women's health.Women's Health and the World's
Cities
Women's Health and the World's
Cities provides urban planners and public health care
providers with on-the-ground examples of projects and policies
that have changed women's lives for the better.
provides urban planners and public health care
providers with on-the-ground examples of projects and policies
that have changed women's lives for the better.
