There are a number of reasons identified when assessing why not as many women are taking the vaccine as men. This is due to myths about how one cannot take it because of menstruation, certain factors like pregnancy and outside aspects like centres being too far or too chaotic
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Yesterday, this paper carried a report about eco-friendly modaks. These Ganesh specials are different as they are mud modaks with tulsi seeds embedded within. The buyer of these boxes offered by a non-profit can replant these in a pot and grow tulsi plants.
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These boxes are being sold by a Mumbai outfit dedicated to empowering underprivileged girls through giving them education opportunities and closing the gender gap.
Mind the gap and close it, should be the mantra when it comes to Covid-19 vaccine doses, too. This paper highlighted how women have fallen behind when it comes to vaccine doses for some reason or the other.
There are a number of reasons identified when assessing why not as many women are taking the vaccine as men. This is due to myths about how one cannot take it because of menstruation, certain factors like pregnancy and outside aspects like centres being too far or too chaotic.
It is uplifting to know that reasons have been zeroed in on so that one can start working on those. It would help if there is greater effort to bust myths associated with vaccines and any so-called adverse effects on women’s health.
Families need to take the initiative in seeing that women have access to the vaccine centres. Often, we see women bogged down by work or putting themselves last when it comes to the hierarchy in family units even because of social conditioning, and vaccine doses may be missed because of this. Empower and power the women to take the vaccine, make the road smoother for them.
Just like access to healthcare with gender parity is important, this comes under the healthcare umbrella, too.
The jab is fab, but that is only when it is equal, with women, too, bearing some onus to help with that.
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