Gendered Health
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
12:30 13:30 via Zoom - sign
There are more incidents of bladder cancer in men - is the risk factor sex? Or are there other risk factors to consider such as the type of work men are socially designated to do, like long haul driving, which exposes them to air pollution, poor sleep, and long sedentary periods?
Depression rates are higher in females and yet suicides are higher in men, what drives these differences? We need to consider how the sociocultural factors that shape our lived experiences contribute to differences in disease.
This #ADVOCACY event launches a report series curated by Ellis Roberts-Wright investigating the role of gender marginalisation and discrimination in health inequities. The project was delivered with support from Charlotte Kemp and Araceli Camargo.
The event will be led by Ellis Roberts-Wright talking a little bit about his perspective on this research, as a trans & disabled person who has had to spend a lot of time engaging with the healthcare system due to chronic illness. Ellis will cover why it's so important to making sure people with relevant lived experience are so centrally involved in research, and giving a brief overview of his experience on gender and healthcare.
The 3 reports will be released one week before the event and we are aiming for this event to a place for people’s discussion about the material with the authors and curators. The reports are:
Report 1: Gender, Care, and Health Equity
Report 2: From Care to Healing
Report 3: An Introduction to Trans Health
As with all Urban Health Council events and reports the work is centred on the intersection between systems of power, governance and urbanisation that create pathways to (poor & good) health. We aim to articulate how through different political, commercial, social and environmental determinants of health inequities are established. The aim is to support those working for justice, impact, and change with the tools to demand more and imagine new systems of healing.
The event is free to attend but we ask for you to sign up via below, or become a member and become a part of the wider community.