Gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) are political priorities across Government in the New Nepal, and the Ministry of Health and Population’s Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Strategy (2009) is an important milestone, placing it ahead of most other line ministries. The Ten Point Health Policy and Programme (2006), which introduced Free Essential Health Care Services, has ushered into the sector a stronger focus on reaching the poor and disadvantaged. The Equity and Access Programme further signals commitment to community based, rights and empowerment approaches to address the multiple barriers that poor and disadvantaged communities face in accessing maternal and new born health care.

Detailed understanding is needed of how the health system and services operate in a context of socio-economic and geographical disparities, and how inequities can be reduced. Strengthening the evidence base to direct GESI programming is a priority. This requires disaggregated information, and well-structured evaluations and studies that can identify the factors that contribute to health inequities, and the impact of policies and interventions on gender and social inclusion.

• Case story of OCMC in Dang
• Social Audit Guidelines revised to include Equity Monitoring (January, 2017)
• One Stop Crisis Management Centers: A First Line of Treatment and Help for Survivors of Gender Based Violence in Nepal
• Performance of Hospital-Based One Stop Crisis Management Centers (OCMC) - (January, 2017 - March, 2017)
• Functionality of Ceonc Sites in Two Districts and Selected Birthing Centres in Three Districts (August, 2016)
• Assessment of GESI Mainstreaming Training (2014/15) in Nepal's Public Health Sector (February, 2016)
• Hospital Based One-stop Crisis Management Center (OCMC) Operational Manual 2067 (2016)
• Social Audit Guideline - Nepali Version
• Social Audit Process Evaluation Report (October, 2015)
• Social Service Unit Pilot Initiative 2013-2015 (September, 2015)
• Monitoring and reporting manual for one-stop crisis management centres (July, 2014)
• National workshop on one stop crisis management centres (2014)
• Assessment of performance of one stop crisis management centres (October, 2013)
• Review of studies on Nepal's free health care programme (November, 2013)
• Review of pilot hospital social service units (SSUs)(August, 2013)
• GESI mainstreaming in Nepal's health sector: Review and process documentation (August, 2013)
• Social auditing pilot in Rupandehi and Palpa (July, 2013)
• Operational guidelines for GESI mainstreaming in health sector (2013)
• Institutional structure establishment and operational guidelines for GESI (2013)
• Voices from the community (Access to health services): Rapid participatory ethnographic evaluation and research study (2012)
• Strategic review of Equity and Access Programme (EAP) (October, 2012)
• Social service unit establishment and operational guidelines, 2069 (2012)
• Health sector social audit operational guidelines (2012)
• Road map for establishing and strengthening social service units (2012)
• Free health care services and subsidy provisions in Koshi, Bheri and Bharatpur hospitals, (August, 2012)
• Review of social audit guidelines and practices (September, 2011)
• Review of evidence: Suicide among women in Nepal (2011)
• One-stop crisis management centre operational manual (2011)
• GESI: Capacity assessment for health systems strengthening, (December, 2010)
• Health sector gender equality and social inclusion strategy (December, 2009)

• 1. Background and methodology (November, 2013)
• 2. The effects of poverty, caste and ethnicity on access to health services (November, 2013)
• 3. The effects of gender on access to health services (November, 2013)
• 4. The effects of geography on access to health services (November, 2013)
• 5. Barriers to accessing family planning services (November, 2013)
• 6. Barriers to accessing safe abortion services (November, 2013)
• 7. Barriers to accessing maternal health services (November, 2013)
• 8. Barriers to accessing child immunisation services (November, 2013)

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