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  2. Gender Inequality Index - Wikipedia

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    The new index is a composite measure which, according to the UNDP, captures the loss of achievement due to gender inequality using three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment, and labor market participation. The GII does not include income levels as a component, which was one of the most controversial components of the GDI and GEM.

  3. Gender disparities in health - Wikipedia

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    The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." [1] Identified by the 2012 World Development Report as one of two key human capital endowments, health can influence an individual's ability to reach his or her full potential in society. [2]

  4. Health promotion - Wikipedia

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    Health promotion is aligned with health equity and can be a focus of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) dedicated to social justice or human rights. Health literacy can be developed in schools, while aspects of health promotion such as breastfeeding promotion can depend on laws and rules of public spaces.

  5. 'I hear a whisper calling us to rise:' Teen Empowerment opens ...

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    Google images from 387 Genesee St. in Rochester provide a glimpse of change in the neighborhood. Teen Empowerment plans to build a $4.3 million youth center on the site where abandoned, burnt out ...

  6. Women's health movement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The women's health movement (WHM, also feminist women's health movement) in the United States refers to the aspect of the American feminist movement that works to improve all aspects of women's health and healthcare. It began during the second wave of feminism as a sub-movement of the women's liberation movement.

  7. Health education - Wikipedia

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    Health education is a profession of educating ... In the 1980s definitions began to incorporate the belief that education is a means of empowerment for the individual ...

  8. Patricia Deegan - Wikipedia

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    Patricia E. Deegan is an American disability-rights advocate, psychologist and researcher. She has been described as a "national spokesperson for the mental health consumer/survivor movement in the United States." [1] Deegan is known as an advocate of the mental health recovery movement (a cofounder of the National Empowerment Center) [2] and ...

  9. Sexual and reproductive health and rights - Wikipedia

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    The PoA affirmed sexual and reproductive health as a universal human right and outlined global goals and objectives for improving reproductive heath based around central themes of free choice, women's empowerment, and viewing sexual and reproductive health in terms of physical and emotional well-being. [9]