Gender, Equity and Human Rights

The Programme for Gender Equality, Human Rights & Health Equity

WHO’s Programme on Gender Equality, Human Rights and Health Equity strengthens collaboration, coordination and capacity building and learning across the organization; develops and implements technical and policy guidelines, norms, and standards; and support Member States to advance gender equality, human rights and health equity.

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Q & A Gender and Health

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Strengthening primary health care to tackle racial discrimination, promote intercultural services and reduce health inequities

Research brief

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Policy brief by the HLCP Inequalities Task Team

Publications

HRP at 50: sexual and reproductive health and rights across the life-course

Celebrating the Impact of the Human Reproduction Programme: Since 1972, the UN co-sponsored special programme, HRP, has pursued a vision of sexual...

Addressing violence against women in pre-service health training: integrating content from the Caring for women subjected to violence curriculum

This guide is a companion to the WHO publication Caring for women subjected to violence: a WHO curriculum for training health care providers, which consists...

Strengthening primary health care to tackle racial discrimination, promote intercultural services and reduce health inequities

As countries aim to progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and achieving universal health coverage, health inequities driven by...

Spotlight

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6 Priorities for women and health

Concrete action is needed to ensure women and girls in all their diversity can enjoy the right to health - during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

News

Departmental news

WHO updates its widely-used gender mainstreaming manual

28 February 2022

Departmental news

Zero Discrimination Day, 1 March 2022

27 January 2022

Departmental news

Ensuring quality and ethics of research on FGM: new WHO guidance out now

Departmental news

Webinar series on Rural Health Equity

Events

WHO at the 22nd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

17 – 28 April 2023

International Women’s Day

WHO at the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67)

6 – 17 March 2023

Human Rights Day 2022

10 December 2022

Rural Proofing for Health: Pre-Conference Forum at the 13th OECD Rural Development Conference

28 September 2022 11:45 – 13:45 CET

International Day for People of African Descent

31 August 2022 14:00 – 15:15 UTC Time

Multimedia

International Women's Day 2022 - Unpaid care

International Women's Day 2022 - Exposed to negative effect

International Women's Day 2022 - Leadership

International Women's Day 2022 - Sustainable future

22 September 2021

Gender equality: We must do better, and we can

6 September 2019

Dr Tedros on Health and gender equality

Ensure dignified and respectful care during childbirth

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Gender incongruence

Feature stories

Women scientists capture public attention as COVID-19 rages across the world

Nepal unlashes a movement to stop discrimination and stigma

Prioritizing health for a swift and effective COVID-19 response despite economic fragility and substantial inequalities

Celebrating women leaders in science and health

7 December 2018

Standing up for the right to health

16 November 2018

Men’s health checklist

Commentaries

A New Commitment for Vaccine Equity and Defeating the Pandemic

12 December 2019

Keeping the promise to the women who will deliver universal health coverage

Female health workers drive global health

10 December 2017

Health is a fundamental human right

Ending discrimination in health care settings

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Socio-political determinants

Gender and health

Health Equity

Socio-political determinants

Human rights

Populations and demographics

Refugee and migrant health

Human behaviour

Violence against women

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Women’s leadership key to reach gender equality, recover progress lost to COVID: top WHO official

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