Are Women of the Indian Sundarbans Living in the Dark?
Future Health Systems
World-wide, women experience a higher burden of visual impairments than men, and this increases with age. This short film from the FHS India team - based on research by IIHMR University, FHS and RinGs - highlights the gendered dimension of seeking eye health care in the Indian Sundarbans - a climatically vulnerable setting.
It documents an intersectional approach to explore how gender cross cuts with other social determinants of health - such as age, poverty, education and risky behaviours - to influence the prevalence of visual impairments among women and men 50 years and above in the Indian Sundarbans.