Gender Inequality and Women's Health in Turkey: A Qualitative Study

Gender Inequality and Health Disparities

Task:

Gender inequality has been identified as a social problem and there have been waves of movement against the stigmas and the issues. However, issues are still quite relevant in the social construct even in present times. The pattern of discrimination though changed, has still large impact on the lives of women that are binding their capabilities and are making them compromise at serious levels.

Various studies have approached the ways how the patriarchy had been subjugating the growth of women and how negative consequences are being built in areas particularly the household and the workplace. However, most of these issues have some socio economic context. The health issues have been rarely touched upon apart from the investigation about the infanticides of girl fetus.

The present study will thus focus on Turkey, one of the developing economies and will analyze the relation between the gender inequality and the women health issues. the main purpose of taking the issues is to find out how the mentality and social construct regarding gender affects the biological aspects.

As one of the key indicators in wellbeing, gender inequality creates disparities in access to insurance and educational care and the utilization in health facilities and essential health tools available for the treatment and prevention of diseases. When analyzing the mortality rates of specific disease classes by gender, it has been shown that gender inequality affects both genders. Although coronary disorders and diabetes cause higher death rates in females than males, the incidence of cancer, lung illnesses and accidents in men are higher. People are surviving for a longer term. Average life expectancy is 80.8 years for females and 75.3 years for males. Women are reluctant to practice any of the civil rights because of gender inequality that adversely impacts their welfare. Typically, this relationship is triggered by "woman's lower social status." To offer a few indications of this condition, 45 million people globally are infected with HIV / aids and 330 million are currently dealing with sexually transmitted infection (STI) which are essentially curable. As is known, although the prevalence of HIV among men has been higher in the past, the gap is steadily decreasing for women. The important consideration here is that the disparity in the physiological susceptibility of women promotes contagion. During sexual intercourse, the probability of infection being spread from male to female is two times higher than the risk of transmission from female to male. Women's economic dependency, conformity, unwillingness to say 'no' and dangerous traditional activities conducted on women, just as in some African countries, further enhance contagion and often raise all STIs in women, particularly HIV.

The study will take into account qualitative research method and the first hand data collection method. It will be conducting studies and filed analysis partly in the Urban and partly in the rural areas of turkey. Secondhand data of governmental statistics and reports will always be considered.

The conclusion of the research is expected to find a co relation between the gender inequality as a social issue impacting the health of women in the region specified.