Initial Questions - Day 1

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  • How is the poverty line defined? | What is the world’s population living below the poverty line?
    Globally accepted definition for extreme poverty is a disposable income of <1.90$ per day (2011 price point). | The UN nowcast displays that 8.2% of the world's population live in extreme poverty (2019)
    https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2020/goal-01/
  • How is women’s health affected by multiple responsibilities at home and at work?
    "Depressive disorders account for close to 41.9% of the disability from neuropsychiatric disorders among women compared to 29.3% among men.Leading mental health problems of the older adults are depression, organic brain syndromes and dementias. A majority are women. An estimated 80% of 50 million people affected by violent conflicts, civil wars, disasters, and displacement are women and children. Lifetime prevalence rate of violence against women ranges from 16% to 50%. At least one in five women suffer rape or attempted rape in their lifetime. Depression, anxiety, psychological distress, sexual violence, domestic violence and escalating rates of substance use affect women to a greater extent than men across different countries and different settings. Pressures created by their multiple roles, gender discrimination and associated factors of poverty, hunger, malnutrition, overwork, domestic violence and sexual abuse, combine Up to 20% of those attending primary health care in developing countries suffer from anxiety and/or depressive disorders. "
  • How does access to health affect life expectancy of women and indigenous people?
      The gap between men’s and women’s life expectancy is narrowest where women lack access to health services. In low-income countries, where services are scarcer, 1 in 41 women dies from a maternal cause, compared with 1 in 3300 in high-income countries. In more than 90 per cent of low-income countries, there are fewer than 4 nursing and midwifery personnel per 1000 people. 2019
    https://www.who.int/news/item/04-04-2019-uneven-access-to-health-services-drives-life-expectancy-gaps-who
  • Are women and indigneous people represented appropriately in healthcare decision making?
    Just 22 countries have a woman as Head of State, only 21 per cent of Ministers are women, and women parliamentarians make up less than 25 per cent of national legislators.    2021
    https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/03/1086702


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