Good girls first take care of themselves before they may choose to be carers for others
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Shobha Shukla
Contd from previous issue
If we want to fight AMR effectively, we must listen to the women, diagnose them early on, ensure proper treatment, support adherence and design policies that include most vulnerable and marginalised women and consider their realities.
Dr Soumya Swaminathan cited an example of feminisation of agriculture. “From an intersectional perspective, here is a woman who lives in a rural area, she is also a small farmer, she has some livestock and she does some agriculture, and she has a family to look after. And she is alone because she has a migrant husband. And therefore, she has less access to health centers. She has less financial autonomy as well. (To be contd)
Contd from previous issue
If we want to fight AMR effectively, we must listen to the women, diagnose them early on, ensure proper treatment, support adherence and design policies that include most vulnerable and marginalised women and consider their realities.
Dr Soumya Swaminathan cited an example of feminisation of agriculture. “From an intersectional perspective, here is a woman who lives in a rural area, she is also a small farmer, she has some livestock and she does some agriculture, and she has a family to look after. And she is alone because she has a migrant husband. And therefore, she has less access to health centers. She has less financial autonomy as well. (To be contd)