Gender and Immunization
Why does gender matter for immunization?
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.
WHO IVB landing page for Gender and Immunization
Why Gender Matters for Immunization: Webinar Series
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.
Registration closed.
Webinar 1: Why Gender Matters for Immunization – overview
Date: Thurs 8 June 2023, 15h-16h
Presenters:
Stephanie Shendale, Technical Officer, WHO/IVB
Shoubo Jalal, Senior Gender Specialist, UNICEF
Jean Munro, Senior Manager, Gender, GAVI
Materials:
EN recording:
https://youtu.be/R_lCbX0tv60
FR recording:
https://youtu.be/h_8WeU_l6DI
Presentation slides:
https://www.technet-21.org/media/com_resources/trl/16959/multi_upload/Why%20Gender%20Matters%20IA2030%20-%20final%20to%20share.pdf
Webinar 2: Understanding gender-related barriers to immunization: importance of gender data and analysis
Date: Thurs 22 June 2023, 15h-16h
Presenters:
Stephanie Shendale, Technical Officer, WHO/IVB
Michela Manna, Consultant, WHO/IVB
Valentina Bigoni, WHO
Veronica Kamanga Njikho, UNICEF
Materials:
EN recording:
https://youtu.be/P2ELE5T0N1c
FR recording:
https://youtu.be/Uii7oPXOYjI
Presentation slides:
https://www.technet-21.org/media/com_resources/trl/16971/multi_upload/Why%20Gender%20Matters_webinar%202_22%20June%20CONSOLIDATED.pdf
Webinar 3: Gender responsive approaches 1 – Gender responsive actions for the health workforce
Date: Thurs 6 July 2023 15h-16h
Presenters:
Stephanie Shendale, Technical Officer, WHO/IVB
Michelle McIsaac, WHO
Laurence Codjia, WHO
Julianne Birungi, UNICEF
Materials:
EN recording:
https://youtu.be/kIYDYBCBD50
FR recording:
https://youtu.be/zJ5Yj0NsEoY
Presentation slides:
https://www.technet-21.org/media/com_resources/trl/16981/multi_upload/Why%20Gender%20Matters_webinar%203_HWF_consolidated_FINAL.pdf
Webinar 4: Gender responsive approaches 2 – Make community engagement and social mobilization gender responsive and transformative
Date: Thurs 13 July 2023 15h-16h Presenters:
Stephanie Shendale, Technical Officer, WHO/IVB
Lisa Menning, WHO
Ketan Chitnis, UNICEF
Adelline Twimukye, Infectious Diseases Institute, Uganda
Materials:
EN recording:
https://youtu.be/NKw8TbTQteM
FR recording:
https://youtu.be/D9T7BCEn0to
Presentation slides:
https://www.technet-21.org/media/com_resources/trl/17001/multi_upload/Why%20Gender%20Matters%20Webinar%204_13July_community%20engagement%20social%20mob.pdf
Webinar 5: Gender responsive approaches 3 – Engaging with men and promoting a family approach to transform gender norms
Date: Thurs 20 July 2023 15h-16h
Presenters:
Stephanie Shendale, Technical Officer, WHO/IVB
Shirin Heidari, Senior Gender Advisor, WHO
Elizabeth Arlotti-Parish, Principal Technical Advisor, Jhpiego
Alia Poonawala, Senior Manager, Private Sector, Gavi
Archana Choudhary, Senior Director, GroupM Media India Pvt. Ltd
Materials:
EN recording:
https://youtu.be/KsFY6FlHZgs
FR recording:
https://youtu.be/7tuuxjaSJgA
Presentation slides:
https://www.technet-21.org/media/com_resources/trl/17010/multi_upload/Why%20Gender%20Matters_Webinar%205_20%20July_final%20for%20sharing.pdf
Gavi, Lifebuoy and GroupM's Project Safal Shuruaat program film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZB-6VzmXMw