HEALTHCARE IS LEFT OUT? Four Things You Need to Know About Women, Work and the Economy -IMF
The IMF says ninety percent of countries have some kind of legal restriction on women’s economic activity. So, even when the law isn’t directly related to the workforce, how much do these restrictions affect their employment and the economy?
Kalpana Kochhar, Deputy Director, IMF
Sonali Jain-Chandra, Senior Economist, IMF
Monique Newiak, Economist, IMF
Christian Gonzales, Research Assistant, IMF
WHY HEALTH CARE IS the FIFTH FACTOR IN ECONOMICS:
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1-Without access to reliable feminine hygiene products, girls cannot attend school. I hope I do not have to explain why this affects the economic health of a country.
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2-If all genders do not know how their bodies work, individuals cannot make choices about their own reproduction.
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3-Without access to reliable birth control and abortion — PARENTS cannot earn an income necessary to maintain a family.
“But what about God?”
Religion and morality seem to be confused when it comes to sexual health and reproduction. This is a deliberate, perhaps unconscious, effort to maintain the power structures that are outdated. Does anyone really believe that a loving god would want children to suffer in poverty to punish parents for having sex when they should not reproduce?
I hear the phrases “god’s will” and “well it’s the parents are to blame” all too often.
Religion is used to justify actions of those who don’t want to take on the responsibilities of adulthood or those who want to ignore the injustices they perpetuate with their silence and inaction.
The short-sighted and greedy scream about their money being spent so others can have sex. I don’t think this is correctly labeled as capitalism. It is greed —perhaps capitalism taken to it’s extreme. Which can be true for all economic systems.
There is no economic reasoning for a country to decline to fund healthcare for all genders.
Doing one’s part is as simple as voting.