Women's Access to Health Care in India: Barriers and Government Interventions

Women are regarded as asset of any country. Women health refers to the health issuesspecific to female anatomy. Women’s health is a broad term which refers to physical,mental health problems those are of exclusive concern for women and which are morecommon in women or which are differ as compared to men. Women’s health is definedin the terms of reproductive health and safety for younger women, girls and diseasesin their reproductive organs. The poor health conditions of women are due to poorsocial and economical status as compared to men. Lower status and violence are alsoresponsible for poor health of women. Women face health inequities because of theirspecific needs around sexual and reproductive health care. All the factors of genderinequity including limited access to education, legal systems that fail to protect womenand gender-based violence are exacerbated by poverty. This paper highlights the womenhealth issues, causes of poor health of women. In this paper, focus is also given tobarriers coming in the way to women health. The objectives of the paper are to highlightthe schemes those are provided by the government for the development andempowerment of women and for the development of children across the country.