Theme 6: Understanding Antimicrobial Resistance From a Social Science Perspective

The Significance of Sex, and Gender in Antimicrobial Resistance

By Abriti Aryjal and Nicholas Jones

In this session we look at the differences between sex and gender, we review the gender analysis frame work of “Community Arts Against Antibiotic Resistance Nepal” project and look at the importance of incorporating sex and gender in AMR interventions.

  • Introduction to Antimicrobial resistance (3:35)
  • Behavioral causes of antimicrobial resistance (8:37)
  • Difference between sex and gender (14:17)
  • Gender in AMR (15:53)
  • Project discussion, “Community Arts Against Antibiotic Resistance Nepal” (18:59)
  • Gender analysis framework for the “Community Arts Against Antibiotic Resistance Nepal” project (24:48)
  • Incorporating sex and gender into AMR intervention (34:51)