Gender Equality
Gender equality means that people, regardless of their gender, have the same opportunities to fulfill their human rights and potential, and are not denied equal access on the basis of their gender to services, to jobs, to education, to economic development, to the allocation of resources or benefits, and in all aspects of life.
Women’s Health
Women's health refers to improving women's access to health care, educating about health to women, and working on issues of health that are gender specific, such as reproductive issues including general gynecology, gynecologic surgery, conception, and pregnancy.
Children’s Health
Children's health refers to improving children's access to health care, educating families about children's health, and working on issues of health that are specific to children, such as the impact of environmental pollutants on child development, immunization, asthma, child obesity, and health education for children that will enable them to make healthier lifestyle choices for their health in the future.
Health Care Access
Access to health care refers to the rights of all people to have equal access to basic health care and to information about health, regardless of financial status, ethnicity, gender, ability, or other factors. Universal health care is achieved when all citizens have equal access to health care and patients pay by their income level through the tax system, insurance policies, or co-pay fees.
Health Education
Health education is the practice of educating, teaching, training, and imparting knowledge, ideas, and skills about health, including public health, disease prevention, lifestyle choices, and information about medical conditions and health care.
Social Development
Social development refers to the improvement in qualities of life and human well-being by organizing human governance and affairs to accomplish such tasks as the eradication of poverty, the reduction of income disparities, the elimination of violence, the guaranteed right to clean water and health services, the increased respect for nonhuman creatures and their ecosystems, and the structuring of a just legal system and system of representation.
