World Bank2013-08-282013-08-282002-01-23https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15421The report, which documents findings of a review on gender issues in Brazil, during 1999, and updated in 2001, is responsive to the recognition of gender as an important issue in increasing socioeconomic well-being, and reducing poverty. The review examines gender in terms of demographic trends, health indicators, the effects and causes of violence, education indicators, labor market trends, and social protection. It identifies gender issues across sectors, with a view to improving the Bank's efficiency, and effectiveness, in reducing gender inequities that affect both women, and men, though discussion on male gender issues is limited. Major findings indicate that mortality rates linked to external factors (i.e., traffic accidents, homicide, suicide), differ greatly by gender; pre-natal care for pregnant women continues to be inadequate; violence continues to be high; teaching methods tend to reinforce gender segregation; and, early childhood, and education programs remain poor. Recommendations include the need for changing societal gender roles, by acting on gender issues through community, and local level organizations, but targeting men as well as women, since male issues, such as violence and under performance in school, among others, may be attributed to men's narrowly defined gender roles, while effective women's programs, often require men's implicit, or explicit cooperation, and involvement.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOGENDER ANALYSISGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER ROLESSOCIOECONOMIC FACTORSPOVERTY REDUCTIONHEALTH INDICATORSLABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICSSOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMSSECTORAL ASSESSMENTMORTALITY RATESCRIMEVIOLENCEPRENATAL CARETEACHING METHODSGENDER BIASEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION PROGRAMSCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONLOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ABORTIONABUSE OF CHILDRENACCIDENTSADOLESCENTADOLESCENT FEMALESADOLESCENT HEALTHADOLESCENT HEALTH PROGRAMADOLESCENTSAGEDAGGRESSIONALCOHOLISMBIRTH CONTROLBIRTHSCARE PROVIDERSCARE SERVICESCHILD MORTALITYCHILD NUTRITIONCOERCIONCOMMUNITIESCOMMUNITY HEALTHCONDOM USECONTRACEPTIVE USEDEATH RATEDECISION MAKINGDEMOGRAPHYDEPRESSIONDEVELOPMENT PROJECTSDISCRIMINATIONDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMENDOMESTIC CHORESDOMESTIC VIOLENCEEARLY CHILDHOODEPIDEMIOLOGYETHICSFAMILIESFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY PLANNING SERVICESFAMILY WELFAREFATHERSFEMALE ADOLESCENTSFEMALE STERILIZATIONFIRST PREGNANCYFORM OF CONTRACEPTIONGENDERGENDER EQUALITYGENDER ISSUESGIRLSHEALTH CAREHEALTH INDICATORSHEALTH SERVICESHOSPITALSHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONHOUSEHOLDSHUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSILLITERACYIMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMEIMMUNODEFICIENCYINJURIESINNOVATIONINTEGRATIONINTERVENTIONLAWSLIFE EXPECTANCYMATERNAL DEATHMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATEMEDIAMETHOD OF CONTRACEPTIONMORTALITYMOTHERSNGOSNURSERY SCHOOLSNUTRITIONORAL CONTRACEPTIONPARENTINGPARENTSPATIENTSPEER GROUPPEER GROUPSPHARMACIESPILLPREGNANCIESPREGNANCYPREGNANT WOMENPRENATAL CAREPRIVATE PROVIDERSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF LIFEREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRISK FACTORSRISK OF INFECTIONSRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL WOMENSAFETYSCHOOLSSEXSEXUAL ABUSESEXUAL HEALTHSEXUAL HEALTH CARESEXUAL VIOLENCESEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASESSIBLINGSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL ISSUESSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIALIZATIONSTERILIZATIONSTREET CHILDRENSUBSTANCE ABUSESUICIDETEENAGE PREGNANCYTEENAGERSTETANUSTRAFFICTRAFFIC ACCIDENTSUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREASURBANIZATIONUSE OF CONTRACEPTIONUSE OF CONTRACEPTIVESVICTIMSVICTIMS OF VIOLENCEVIOLENCEVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENWORKERSWORKPLACEYOUNG ADULTYOUNGER WOMENYOUTHWorld Bank10.1596/15421