Scoping the significance of gender for antibiotic resistance

This report explores the ways in which sex and gender interact with antibiotic resistance and makes the case for all actors engaged in addressing antibiotic resistance to undertake further work in this area. Given the current gap in data on both sex and gender in relation to antibiotic resistance, this is a necessary challenge which needs to be undertaken with sensitivity to local contexts and national development plans. This report was developed as part of ReAct’s work to mainstream considerations of sex and gender in all of our work. In devising ReAct’s internal strategy – as for any organisations embarking on enhancing their understanding of sex and gender and incorporating it in their activities – a first step in gender mainstreaming involves a gender analysis of which this report was part of the process. This is a shortened and adapted version of the report for an external audience, and will hopefully be a contribution to the collection of literature on sex, gender and antibiotic resistance. It includes four case studies that highlight these interactions.

ReAct and Institute of Development Studies (2020) Scoping the significance of gender for antibiotic resistance