Comm Eye Health South Asia Vol. 38 No. 126 2025. Published online 08 March, 2025
Eyes on equity: advancing eye health for women and girls

Addressing systemic barriers, promoting gender equity, and fostering women’s leadership are crucial for achieving universal health coverage and improving high quality eye health outcomes.
- Achieving gender equity in eye health
- Barriers preventing women and girls from accessing the eye care they need
- Overcoming the barriers to women’s leadership in eye health
- Improving gender equity in access and leadership: regional priorities for change
- Addressing gender disparities in eye health services among school-age girls in India
- Bridging the gender gap in eye health by training allied ophthalmic personnel
- Developing female optometrists while challenging gender norms