The Fiscal Underpinnings of Gender Equity - Health, Nutrition and Welfare Programs for Women
2019
Background Paper
Health
Under global oversight with commitments towards MDGs and SDGs, one has seen an increased pace of improvement in the health and nutrition indicators during the last two decades. New focused programs and schemes specially targeted at women and girls to provide direct benefits and services in the arena of health, nutrition, livelihoods and protection from abuse; law-making in arena of domestic violence, sexual assault/abuse, sex selection etc. and resource allocations for these have been made. While we have seen some improvements over the years in outcomes related to many of these targets, inadequate allocation of resources for these various programs and schemes have made the implementation of these programs ineffective and/or very limited in its reach. This is largely responsible for the continued deficit we see in health, nutrition and welfare outcomes especially for women and girls.