You were asked:

From the preceding extracts from Womankind Worldwide, list four major, general causes of disease, disability and death among women. Add brief notes about why, according to the extracts, women are more vulnerable to these causes than men.

My answers to this are as follows:
One cause is malnutrition. The extracts describe the ways in which women get less food than men.
A second cause is poor access to medical facilities. The extracts tell us, for example, that although girls often suffer more illness, boys are more frequently taken for treatment. Figures from a study of rural communities in India are quoted to support this statement.
A third cause is work. The extracts stress the long hours that women work and the hard, physical nature of it. A fourth cause is early and frequent pregnancies. It is suggested that poor information lies at the heart of this problem which is made worse by 'taboos'.

Activity Seven

Do you think any of the four major causes identified apply to sections of the society in which you live? If so, which sections? What evidence do you have to support your view?

Again, your answer to this will depend a great deal on which country you live in.

Study skills review: summarizing

In Activity Six, you effectively summarized in your own words the main points in the article. This is an important skill where you extract the information contained in an article into a form that is suitable for your own purposes.

Note that in doing this you start to organize the article under key concepts (in this case malnutrition, etc.)
You are beginning the important job of creating for yourself a model of what is happening, a model that can act as a powerful tool of analysis. You have already been asked to apply this model in a straightforward way in Activity Seven

Now, try the next section of the course - looking at Disease and Education.

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