Women's health and well-being over the life course: conceptual framing supported by a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: As a framework to conceptualise well-being, the capability approach (CA) combines structural drivers with personal freedoms, making it a compelling approach for understanding women's health and well-being (WHW). The WHW Project of the Exemplars in Global Health initiative chose the CA for its conceptual framing, while emphasising the influential role of gender and other intersecting inequalities (intersectional gender inequality) in shaping health and well-being over the life course. We discuss the Exemplars in Global Health - Women's Health and Well-being (EGH-WHW) Framework and a scoping review that supports it.

Objectives

To identify well-established and/or validated CA-based frameworks and measures attuned to intersectional gender inequality that analyse women's well-being over

SUBMITTER: Iyer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12911749 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature