The World Health Organization recently announced it will be updating its gender mainstreaming manual “in light of new scientific evidence and conceptual progress.” The guidance addresses how gender inequality affects health outcomes. Going forward, it will place an emphasis on “intersectionality,” “equity,” and the idea that gender is “a continuum” and biological sex is “not limited to male or female.”

The desire to remove discriminatory barriers to healthcare is admirable, but importing an extreme-left framework isn’t the way to do it. How can anyone advocate the well-being of women and girls without an accurate understanding of who among us are female?