The Effects of Gender Inequalities in Healthcare: Yemen vs. US Gender inequality is an aspect of the livelihoods of many people across the world.
Inequality of gender affects the health of developed countries such as, the United States and undeveloped countries such as Yemen. The effects of gender inequality in health include disproportioned influence on economy, lack of access to education and healthcare.
In the US women lack access to preventative reproductive healthcare such as prenatal care, contraceptive medication, STI testing, and diagnostic screening for breast and cervical cancer. The lack of access to preventative reproductive care has negatively affected the maternal mortality rate in the US has increased from 12 maternal deaths per 100,000 births in 1990 to 28 deaths per 100,000 births in 2013. The influence women have on the economy is often disregarded. Due to the fact that women often are the stay at home parent and unpaid caregiver. With the exception of US all the countries belonging to the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) have national paid maternity leave. In the US, child care related costs for a one parent household is estimated to be 50% of their income. (“The Pursuit of Gender Equality,” 2017). This unpaid position means they do not have the same economical influence and …show more content…
In the United States, even with laws passed many insurance providers have found ways around the Affordable Care Act’s policy on preventative reproductive care this means even its own insured citizens are not receiving appropriate care. According to Heize (2016), the maternal death statistics of Yemen in 2010 is 200 per 100,000. While, according to the article The Pursuit of Gender Equality (2017), in the US there were 28 maternal deaths per 100,000 in
Inequality of gender affects the health of developed countries such as, the United States and undeveloped countries such as Yemen. The effects of gender inequality in health include disproportioned influence on economy, lack of access to education and healthcare.
In the US women lack access to preventative reproductive healthcare such as prenatal care, contraceptive medication, STI testing, and diagnostic screening for breast and cervical cancer. The lack of access to preventative reproductive care has negatively affected the maternal mortality rate in the US has increased from 12 maternal deaths per 100,000 births in 1990 to 28 deaths per 100,000 births in 2013. The influence women have on the economy is often disregarded. Due to the fact that women often are the stay at home parent and unpaid caregiver. With the exception of US all the countries belonging to the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) have national paid maternity leave. In the US, child care related costs for a one parent household is estimated to be 50% of their income. (“The Pursuit of Gender Equality,” 2017). This unpaid position means they do not have the same economical influence and …show more content…
In the United States, even with laws passed many insurance providers have found ways around the Affordable Care Act’s policy on preventative reproductive care this means even its own insured citizens are not receiving appropriate care. According to Heize (2016), the maternal death statistics of Yemen in 2010 is 200 per 100,000. While, according to the article The Pursuit of Gender Equality (2017), in the US there were 28 maternal deaths per 100,000 in