Why an intersectional gender approach matters for social innovations in health 🌍
Health challenges go beyond clinical interventions—social, cultural, and political factors deeply influence outcomes. Recognising how gender intersects with socio-economic factors is crucial for achieving health equity. Â
The latest collection in BMJ Innovations, produced in partnership with TDR, explores innovations to ensure interventions are inclusive and responsive to marginalised groups in low- and middle-income countries.
🔑 Key insights:
- Gender intersects with other factors shaping health outcomes
- Inclusive innovation ecosystems empower marginalised voices
- Community participation is essential for equitable health solutions.Â
Foundational insights & broader perspectives
Why does an intersectional gender approach matter for social innovations in health?
Author: Mariam Otmani del Barrio
Exploring gender and intersecting social stratifiers at a community level: insights from three social innovation research hubs in Colombia, the Philippines and Uganda
Author: Abigail Ruth Mier
Equitable community participation in health initiatives among Indigenous women in Latin America: A systematic review
Author: Martha Milena Bautista-Gomez
Regional spotlights: case studies and local insights
The Philippines
Community participation in social innovations in health: a qualitative study of women’s engagement in a local tuberculosis clinic in the Philippines
Author: Pauline Marie Padilla Tiangco
Water, sanitation and social innovations in health: a qualitative exploration of gender and intersecting social stratifiers in a rural ram-pump project in the Philippines
Author: Abigail Ruth Mier
Contribution towards gender transformative responses in community health: an exploratory rapid appraisal to initiate intersectional gender analysis of Philippine social innovations in health
Author: Jana Deborah Mier-Alpano
Uganda
Gender-based violence and associated factors in communities in Uganda: data from the social innovation in health initiative
Author: Phyllis Awor
Colombia
Barriers and facilitators to equitable community participation in the Social Innovation Health Initiative: a thematic analysis of a triethnic population in Pueblo Rico (Colombia)
Author: Laura Sofia Zuluaga
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