… including gender differences in behaviour that affects health, such as smoking. While women have a longer life … expectancy than men, they spend less years living in good health. Due to a higher life expectancy and higher likelihood of facing health problems (see graph below), women are more likely to …
… to impact on access use of preventative and curative health services. For example, while the EU has done work to … and women living outside the EU to sexual and reproductive health services, there has been limited action to promote … services within the EU. To date, important unmet mental health needs of women and men persist, and access to sexual …
… victim (e.g. pregnancy/new birth, depression/ other mental health issues, isolation); the perpetrator (e.g. history of violence, mental health issues, access to weapons, previous or current breach …
… affect the behaviour of women and men and their access to health services. Further information Health on EIGE's Gender Mainstreaming platform EIGE's Gender …