VI
Competition on Best Practices
that Integrate Equality and Fairness in Gender and Interculturalism in
Health
The call for
submissions will run from January 9 to February 28, 2013
English
website: http://bit.ly/YdpGuE
Spanish
website: http://bit.ly/XJpPlw
The Office of
Gender, Diversity and Human Rights (GDR) of the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO/WHO) invites participation in the VI Competition on Best Practices that Integrate
Equality and Fairness in Gender and Interculturalism in Health.
This year, the sixth Best Practices Competition will have two
categories:
- Gender and Health and Health,
- Gender and Ethnicity.
The 2013 edition will form part of the celebration of the International Day of
Action for Women’s Health on May 28.
The 2013
competition seeks to identify programs that best address the differences and
opportunities among men and women in the area of health with a gender-sensitive
and gender-transformative focus and that promote the recognition of and respect
for cultural diversity.
The sixth
competition aims to identify best practices in Latin America and the
This
year’s competition will recognize two best practices in the following
categories:
1. Gender
and Health: recognition of a public or private sector organization
(ministry of health, ministry of education, national women’s
institutions, NGOs, academic institutions, etc.) that works congruently with
the public health sector and that is developing a program that has a
gender-equality perspective in health.
2. Health,
Gender and Ethnicity: recognition of a public or private sector
organization (ministry of health, ministry of education, national women’s
institutions, NGOs, academic institutions, etc.) that works congruently with
the public health sector and that is developing a program that seeks to achieve
fairness in health through a gender perspective and the promotion of the
respect for and recognition of cultural diversity in regard to indigenous
peoples or ethnic/racial groups.
The sixth
Best Practices Competition aims to honor and promote the best programs that
include a gender-equality and/or ethnic fairness perspective in health in the
context of health services in Latin America and the
The selection
process will apply available assessment protocols involving the participation
of a jury comprised of a minimum of five people, including the PAHO Director.
The winners
will receive a certificate, publication in English and Spanish, and $2500 to
invest in strengthening the best practice. In addition, $1500 will be given to
the PWR of the headquarters of the winning country to be used toward expenses
for the award ceremony. GDR will provide assistance with this process and will
include the publication of the best practices in its database.
PAHO will invite a representative of each winner to PAHO
headquarters in order to receive the prize during an event to mark
International Day of Action for Women’s Health on May 28, 2013.
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