Gender and Immunization

Stephanie Shendale

The Immunization Agenda 2030 envisions a world where everyone, everywhere, at every age, fully benefits from vaccines to improve health and well-being. Gender-related barriers and gender inequality can prevent people, both male and female, from getting vaccinated. The goal of gender equity is to ensure that everyone has the same chances and opportunities to access and benefit from immunization services.

Immunization programmes will only succeed in expanding coverage and equity when gender roles, norms and relations are understood, analyzed and accounted for as part of service planning and delivery.

Why Gender Matters : IA2030 is a user-friendly resource for everyone engaged in supporting, managing or implementing immunization programmes, and outlines the need for gender mainstreaming across the core principles and strategic priorities of IA2030.

Visit the WHO webpage on Gender and Immunization.

Why Gender Matters for Immunization: Webinar Series

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This webinar series aims to improve awareness and understanding of how gender-related barriers impact immunization and to showcase examples of gender-responsive programming to improve coverage and equity.

Webinars were delivered in English, with simultaneous French translation. 

2024 webinar series 

TitleAuthorYearTypeLanguage
Gender webinar 2024 - 1 EN presentation: Gender responsive actions to improve the quality, accessibility and availability of servicesStephanie Shendale, Khadijah A Ibrahim Nuhu, Michela Manna, Hnin Su Mon2024PresentationEnglish
Gender webinar 2024 - 1 EN: Gender responsive actions to improve the quality, accessibility and availability of servicesStephanie Shendale, Khadijah A Ibrahim Nuhu, Michela Manna, Hnin Su Mon2024WebinarEnglish
Gender webinar 2024 - 1 FR presentation: Actions adaptées aux genre : améliorer la qualité, l'accessibilité et la disponibilité des servicesStephanie Shendale, Khadijah A Ibrahim Nuhu, Hnin Su Mon, Michela Manna2024PresentationFrench
Gender webinar 2024 - 1 FR: Actions adaptées aux genre : améliorer la qualité, l'accessibilité et la disponibilité des servicesStephanie Shendale, Khadijah A Ibrahim Nuhu, Michela Manna, Hnin Su Mon2024WebinarFrench
Gender webinar 2024 - 2 EN presentation: Empower and collaborate with civil society and change agents to overcome gender barriersAlexis Sullivan, Avishek Hazra, Camara Fantamady, Ginny Fonner2024PresentationEnglish
Gender webinar 2024 - 2 EN: Empower and collaborate with civil society and change agents to overcome gender barriersAlexis Sullivan, Avishek Hazra, Camara Fantamady, Ginny Fonner, Stephanie Shendale2024WebinarEnglish
Gender webinar 2024 - 2 FR presentation: Collaborer avec la société́ civile et les agents du changement, et leur donner des moyens d’action pour surmonter les obstacles liés au genreAlexis Sullivan, Avishek Hazra, Camara Fantamady, Ginny Fonner2024PresentationEnglish
Gender webinar 2024 - 2 FR: Collaborer avec la société́ civile et les agents du changement, et leur donner des moyens d’action pour surmonter les obstacles liés au genreAlexis Sullivan, Avishek Hazra, Camara Fantamady, Ginny Fonner, Stephanie Shendale2024WebinarFrench

2023 webinar series 

TitleAuthorYearTypeLanguage
Gender webinar 2023 - 1 EN presentation: Why Gender Matters for Immunization - OverviewShoubo Jalal, Jean Munro, Stephanie Shendale2023PresentationEnglish
Gender webinar 2023 - 1 EN: Why Gender Matters for Immunization - OverviewStephanie Shendale, Jean Munro, Shoubo Jalal2023WebinarEnglish
Gender webinar 2023 - 1 FR: En quoi la dimension de genre est elle importante pour la vaccination? vue d’ensembleStephanie Shendale, Jean Munro, Shoubo Jalal2023WebinarFrench
Gender webinar 2023 - 2 EN presentation: Understanding gender related barriers to immunization: importance of gender data and analysisStephanie Shendale, Michela Manna, Valentina Bigoni, Veronica Kamanga2023PresentationEnglish
Gender webinar 2023 - 2 EN: Understanding gender related barriers to immunization: importance of gender data and analysisStephanie Shendale, Michela Manna, Valentina Bigoni, Veronica Kamanga2023PresentationEnglish
Gender webinar 2023 - 2 FR: Comprendre les obstacles liés au genre dans l’accès à la vaccination : importance des données liées au genre et de l’analyse des questions de genreStephanie Shendale, Michela Manna, Valentina Bigoni, Veronica Kamanga2023WebinarFrench
Gender webinar 2023 - 3 EN presentation: Gender responsive approaches 1: Gender responsive actions for the health workforceStephanie Shendale, Michelle McIsaac, Julianne Birungi, Laurence Codjia2023PresentationEnglish
Gender webinar 2023 - 3 EN: Gender responsive approaches 1 - Gender responsive actions for the health workforceStephanie Shendale, Michelle McIsaac, Laurence Codjia, Julianne Birungi2023WebinarEnglish
Gender webinar 2023 - 3 FR: Stratégies adaptées aux spécificités de genre 1 - Des actions adaptées aux spécificités de genre pour le personnel de santéStephanie Shendale, Michelle McIsaac, Laurence Codjia, Julianne Birungi2023WebinarFrench
Gender webinar 2023 - 4 EN presentation: Gender responsive approaches 2 – Make community engagement and social mobilization gender responsive and transformativeAdelline Twimukye, Ketan Chitnis, Lisa Menning2023PresentationEnglish
Gender webinar 2023 - 4 EN: Gender responsive approaches 2 - Make community engagement and social mobilization gender responsive and transformativeLisa Menning, Ketan Chitnis, Adelline Twimukye2023WebinarEnglish
Gender webinar 2023 - 4 FR: Stratégies adaptées aux spécificités de genre 2 - Faire en sorte que l'engagement communautaire et la mobilisation sociale tiennent compte de la dimension de genre et soient transformateursAdelline Twimukye, Ketan Chitnis, Lisa Menning2023WebinarFrench
Gender webinar 2023 - 5 EN presentation: Gender responsive approaches 3 – Engaging with men and promoting a family approach to transform gender normsShirin Heidari, Elizabeth Arlotti-Parish, Alia Poonawala, Archana Choudhary2023PresentationEnglish
Gender webinar 2023 - 5 EN: Gender responsive approaches 3 – Engaging with men and promoting a family approach to transform gender normsArchana Choudhary, Alia Poonawala, Elizabeth Arlotti-Parish, Shirin Heidari2023WebinarEnglish
Gender webinar 2023 - 5 FR: Approches sensibles au genre 3 - S'engager avec les hommes et promouvoir une approche familiale pour transformer les normes de genreArchana Choudhary, Alia Poonawala, Elizabeth Arlotti-Parish, Shirin Heidari2023WebinarFrench