Feminist, rights-based solutions to address NCDs: Scaling-up grassroots innovations to create equitable solutions for NCD prevention and control

Towards a global call-to-action to close the gender health gap

At the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 67) in March 2023, global leaders, researchers, and advocates highlighted the disproportionate burden of NCD and associated risk factors and persistent gaps faced by women and girls in accessing NCD-related information, prevention, timely diagnosis, services, and support.

In response, civil society raised a call to action, setting out four priority actions for Member States to achieve progress towards the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 and improve health services and outcomes for women and girls.

The call-to-action outlines feminist solutions to addressing NCDs along four strategic areas:

1. Scale up grassroots innovations creating equitable solutions for NCD prevention and control;
2. Integrate NCD services, including digital health solutions, into primary health care;
3. Support the full, meaningful, and active participation of women and girls in health-related decisions, including health planning, programming, and monitoring, and
4. Strengthen the evidence base on sex differences and gender inequities.

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