title: [Gender mainstreaming and nursing].
abstract: Gender mainstreaming is one of the most important strategies in promoting global gender equality. The Taiwan government launched policies on gender mainstreaming and gender impact assessment in 2007 in response to strong public and academic advocacy work. With rising awareness of gender issues, nursing professionals in Taiwan should keep pace with global trends and become actively involved in advancing gender-mainstreaming policies. This article shows that nursing professionals should prepare themselves by cultivating gender competence, understanding gender-related regulations, recognizing the importance of gender impact assessment implementation, integrating gender issues into nursing education, conducting gender-related research and participating in decision-making processes that promote gender mainstreaming. Nursing professionals should enhance their knowledge and understanding of gender mainstreaming-related issues and get involved in the gender-related decision-making process in order to enhance gender awareness and women's health and further the professional development of nurses.
authors: College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Republic of China. hhwang@kmu.edu.tw
authors: Hsiu-Hung
authors: HH
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008282:Mainstreaming, Education; D008297:Male; D009729:Nursing; D011287:Prejudice