Gender norms are not static. Societies, cultures, and potential markets change.

Send me 10 francs, and I'll predict your child's sex.

Understanding and exploiting gender norms offers commercial benefits.

India banned the practice of abortion for reasons of fetal sex in 1994.

The national policy on women was designed to encourage the integration of gender issues in the overall development programmes of the country.

As Asian and African markets open up, similar social changes may follow as alcohol and tobacco advertisers seek new customers. We need to act now to bring gender justice to global health.

There are very few things that I think are gender specific, but one of them is something I call approval addiction.

It is time to exchange the gender norms that are undermining men s health for a social, cultural, and commercial emphasis on healthier lifestyles for everyone.

22. Access by girls and women to education and improvement of the quality and relevance of their education, including the elimination of gender stereotyping in school curricula and in the media.

(iii) Generation of jobs and income to combat poverty by addressing the basic needs (education, health, housing and food) of low income populations, including issues related to gender and age

Churches would not be required to consecrate same sex unions, or teachers to promote them (against their conscience) but, as far as the state is concerned, marriage would be gender blind.

The Global Health Initiative, for example, uses American taxpayer money to offset the gender related inequalities and disparities that disproportionately compromise the health of women and girls.

quot (c) Gender related aspects of the science and technology system, with respect both to participation of women in the system and to the system apos s impact on the situation of women and children, including the context of the informal sector and basic needs. quot

LONDON News media are constantly reporting ways that everyday activities can damage our health. But perhaps the most far reaching yet neglected global health risk stems from gender norms.

We undertake to continue working for the elimination from Central American society of all actions likely to encourage discrimination on grounds of gender, ethnic origin, nationality, age, illness and religious or political beliefs.

Although gender norms are clearly undermining men s health worldwide, key international organizations continue to disregard the problem or address only those issues that are specific to girls and women when devising strategies to improve global health.