2023
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-011749
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Breaking the silence on gendered harassment and assault of community health workers: an analysis of ethnographic studies

Abstract: IntroductionAcross a variety of settings, women in tenuous financial circumstances are drawn to community health work as a way to advance themselves in the context of limited employment options. Female Community Health Workers (CHWs) are often preferred because they can more easily access mothers and children; at the same time, gender norms are at the heart of many of the challenges and inequities that these workers encounter. Here, we explore how these gender roles and a lack of formal worker protections leav… Show more

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