1. Gender and wellbeing
Learning intention: to understand the implications and effects that gender has in determining wellbeing

2. Agree or disagree perhaps even strongly
Four corners of the room are designated as the following: strongly agree, agree, disagree and strongly disagree. Move to the appropriate corner for each of the following statements:
- Gender affects wellbeing.
- Gender affects attainment of education.
- Gender affects health.
- Gender affects civic engagement.
- Gender affects safety.
- Gender affects employment and income.
- Gender affects work-life balance.

3. Maternal mortality and poverty

4. Inheritance Law
Property and position was usually inherited by male primogeniture (by the nearest male-line descendant of the original owner)
Huge push factor for migration to Australia and Canada!

10. Prep
Read pages in your textbook and then answer the following questions:
1. Explain why women living in developing places are more likely to have lower levels of wellbeing than their male counterparts and how this compares to women living in more economically developed countries.
2. Think about and discuss ways in which being male may result in less wellbeing.
3. To what extent is their an interconnection between poverty and maternal mortality?
4. Suggest measures that could be introduced by the Indian government to help Indian parents see the value of female babies equally with that of boys.