Sen, SohamHook, Mikael2012-12-052012-12-052012-06-27https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11904This report is the first of a series that will explore how gender can be more comprehensively incorporated into nutrition interventions in the South Asia Region in order to improve the effectiveness these programs. The first section presents the rationale for considering gender in nutrition programs in the first place, moving beyond traditional services for mothers and children. It draws from the literature to describe why gender is an important factor for the high under-nutrition rates in South Asia and how a broad range of gender issues, rooted in a mother's capacity to care for herself and her child, affect nutritional outcomes of children. The second section presents the results of a mapping of nutrition programs in the South Asia Region. The mapping primarily finds that, despite its importance, gender is too narrowly addressed in most interventions. Existing programs typically focus on the first two approaches mentioned above: imparting nutritional knowledge and skills to the caregiver and improving physical health through food or micronutrient supplements and health services. The third section identifies several nutrition and health projects that have adopted promising approaches to include gender more comprehensively. To improve household support for the mother in providing child care, efforts to engage other members of the household such as fathers, grandmothers, and mothers-in-law appear promising. The final section concludes by recommending five steps to more comprehensively address gender in nutrition interventions: (1) begin a dialogue with policymakers inside development institutions and governments to expand the conversation on gender with regard to nutrition interventions that extends beyond mothers and children; (2) collect low hanging fruit: existing development interventions that engage adolescent girls should include a nutrition component; (3) facilitate the generation of new ideas to address the programmatic gaps and improve targeting; (4) evaluate promising approaches for effectiveness, scalability and applicability in different cultural contexts; and (5) conduct additional research in previously overlooked areas and fill gaps in existing data.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADEQUATE NUTRITIONADOLESCENT FERTILITYADOLESCENT GIRLSADOLESCENT HEALTHADOLESCENT MOTHERSADOLESCENTSADULT HEALTHAGEDANTENATAL CAREBABIESBABYBASIC NUTRITIONBEHAVIOR CHANGEBIRTH ATTENDANTSBIRTH CONTROLBIRTH RATEBLINDNESSBREAST FEEDINGBREASTFEEDINGBULLETINCAREGIVERSCHILD BIRTHCHILD CARECHILD DEVELOPMENTCHILD HEALTHCHILD HEALTH CARECHILD MORTALITYCHILD NUTRITIONCHILD SURVIVALCHILDBIRTHCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY HEALTHCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOMPLICATIONSCOMPLICATIONS DURING PREGNANCYCONTRACEPTIVESCONTROL OVER RESOURCESCOUNSELORSCULTURAL SYSTEMSDECISION MAKINGDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONSDIETSDOMESTIC VIOLENCEEARLY CHILDHOODECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITYECONOMIC STATUSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELDERLYELDERLY WOMENEQUAL ACCESSFAMILIESFAMILY HEALTHFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY WELFAREFEMALE CHILDRENFOOD INSECURITYFOOD PREPARATIONFOOD PROCESSINGFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYFOOD SUPPLEMENTSGENDER AWARENESSGENDER BIASGENDER DISCRIMINATIONGENDER EQUALITYGENDER EQUITYGENDER GAPGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER ISSUESGENDER PARITYGENDER ROLESGIRLS IN SCHOOLGOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTSGOVERNMENT PROGRAMSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTH CAREHEALTH CENTERSHEALTH EDUCATIONHEALTH MESSAGESHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SYSTEMSHEALTH WORKERSHOLISTIC APPROACHHOSPITALSHOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITYHOUSEHOLD LEVELHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMANITARIAN AFFAIRSHUSBANDSILL HEALTHILLNESSIMMUNIZATIONIMMUNIZATIONSINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFORMATION SYSTEMINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMENINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERVENTIONIODINE DEFICIENCYIRONJOB TRAININGLABOR FORCELARGE NUMBER OF WOMENLARGE NUMBERS OF WOMENLAWSLEGAL STATUSLIFE SKILLSLIFE SKILLS EDUCATIONLITERACY RATESLIVE BIRTHSLOW BIRTH WEIGHTMALE HEALTHMALE HEALTH WORKERSMALNOURISHED CHILDRENMARRIED WOMENMASS MEDIAMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATEMATERNAL NUTRITIONMATERNITY LEAVEMEDICAL RESEARCHMEDICINESMENTAL HEALTHMIDWIFESMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRIES OF HEALTHMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMINISTRY OF HEALTHMORTALITYMOTHERMULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONSNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL PLANNATIONAL PLAN OF ACTIONNATIONAL STRATEGYNEGATIVE HEALTH CONSEQUENCESNEWBORNNEWBORNSNUMBER OF GIRLSNURSESNUTRITIONNUTRITION EDUCATIONNUTRITION INFORMATIONNUTRITIONAL STATUSPHYSICAL HEALTHPHYSICAL WORKPLAN OF ACTIONPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOOR HEALTHPOOR NUTRITIONPOPULATION REFERENCE BUREAUPOPULATION SECTORPOSTNATAL CAREPRACTITIONERSPREGNANCIESPREGNANCYPREGNANT WOMANPREGNANT WOMENPREMATURE BIRTHPRENATAL CAREPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPRIMARY SCHOOLPROGRESSPUBLIC HEALTHQUALITY OF CARERADIORADIO PROGRAMSREFUGEESRELIGIOUS LEADERSREPRODUCTIVE AGEREPRODUCTIVE DECISIONSRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESOURCE CONSTRAINTSRESPECTRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL WOMENSANITATIONSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL ENROLMENTSCHOOL STUDENTSSEA LEVELSECONDARY SCHOOLSECTORAL POLICIESSECURITY POLICYSELF-ESTEEMSEXSEX SELECTIVE ABORTIONSSOCIAL AFFAIRSSOCIAL BARRIERSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL FACTORSSOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL SUPPORTSOCIAL WELFARETECHNICAL ASSISTANCETELEVISIONTRADITIONAL HEALERSTRANSPORTATIONUNFPAUNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEESUNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUNDUNMARRIED MENVIOLENCEVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENVITAMINSVOCATIONAL TRAININGVULNERABLE FAMILIESWARWOMANWORKERSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUNG CHILDYOUNG CHILDRENYOUNG GIRLSWorld Bank10.1596/11904