Equity, Almost: Justice, Gender, and the Health of Populations

As we contemplate a potential Hillary Clinton presidency, it would be easy to think that we live in a new era of equality between the sexes. How, after all, could one woman be on the verge of cracking what she once called the "highest and hardest glass ceiling" if things were otherwise? How could we see women operating at the top levels of the corporate and political world if real progress had not been made? Here in in the US, after all, we've seen women serving as frontline soldiers, running Harvard University, and sitting on the Supreme Court.

But this rosy picture is, in many ways, a mirage, and it is particularly so when it comes to gender equity and the health of populations.

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