Acknowledgements

This manual is based on ‘Guidelines for the analysis of Gender & Health, January 1999’ issued by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK.  Evolution of Gender Perspective in Health (GPIH) was a collaborative effort between Swayamsiddha, a program of BAIF, Pune and IDRC, Delhi. CPCT, specifically Ms Savita Kulkarni and Dr Jasmine Gogia, who were facilitating gender mainstreaming and Health programs respectively in Swayamsiddha / BAIF during evolution of GPIH, deserve sincere thanks for brain storming, critiquing, vetting and supporting it in so many ways. We need to thank the nine Swayamsiddha partners and their project teams too, who shaped the GPIH with every workshop: BIRD-K, Karnataka; BIRD-UP, Chitrakoot; CHAITANYA, Maharashtra; DHRUVA & GRISERV in Gujrat; HMF, Andoor, Maharashtra; MITTRA, Maharashtra; RRIDMA, Rajasthan; SPESD, MP. Ms Katherine Hay deserves a special ‘thank you’ for coming up with this idea in the first place! Mr Martin Normandeau provided valuable feedback and prompt administrative support. Ms Vandana (CPCT) helped tremendously with scheduling of workshops and logistics under trying conditions. The list would be incomplete if I did not thank Marian, my wife, for countless editing, suggestions and serving as a sounding board!

Dr Satyendra K Srivastava

Health & Gender resource

sachin@mountaindiary.com