Although women in the WHO European Region generally have longer life expectancy than men, they also spend more years in ill health. The quality of life and well-being they experience is often unsatisfactory and there are also health inequities within and between countries in the Region. To unlock enormous gains, reduce inequalities and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), women and girls must be able to fully realize their right to health with a focus on gender-specific needs.
On 11 May 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark, over 500 international students and practitioners gathered to participate in a panel discussion on "global and local health challenges and opportunities for women and girls". This was a lead event for the Women Deliver Conference held in Copenhagen on 16–19 May 2016. Isabel Yordi Aguirre, Technical Officer for Gender and Health at WHO/Europe, shared insights at the event into issues and opportunities in the European Region.
Providing girls with an education helps break the cycle of poverty: educated women are less likely to marry early and against their will; less likely to die in childbirth; more likely to have healthy babies; and more likely to send their children to school. When all children have access to a quality education it creates opportunities that influence generations to come.
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“Persistent gaps in opportunity — between rich and poor households, urban and rural communities, boys and girls, majority and minority groups — perpetuate vicious intergenerational cycles of deprivation and disadvantage and deepen rifts in society that harm us all.”
Campaigners are calling on other countries to follow Trondheim's example as 'advertisers have had free reign for too long'
Council officials voted to remove all billboards and posters that could be seen to contribute to body image issues Getty Images
By Gabriel Samuels – May 12, 2016
A Norwegian city has banned adverts featuring semi-naked models in a bid to address negative body image issues, and campaigners are calling on other countries to follow suit.
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