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WHO Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women
(World Health Organization, 2005)
Putting Women First: Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on Domestic Violence Against Women
(World Health OrganizatioN: Department of Gender and Women's Health Family and Community Health, 2001)
The most common type of violence against women worldwide is domestic violence, or the physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse of women by their intimate partners or ex-partners. This document outlines the recommendations ...
Human Rights and Gender Equality in Health Sector Strategies: How to Assess Policy Coherence
(World Health Organization, 2011)
This tool was developed by the departments of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights and Gender, Women and Health of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the ...
Sexual and reproductive health beyond 2014: Equality, Quality of care and Accountability
(World Health Organization, 2015)
In 1994, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) endorsed a Programme of Action that set forth an ambitious population and development strategy (1). The ICPD Programme of Action was remarkable in ...
Policy approaches to engaging men and boys in achieving gender equality and health equity
(World Health Organization, 2010)
Work with men has demonstrated significant potential in contributing to building gender equality and improving the health of women and men. This policy brief outlines the rationale for using policy approaches to engage men ...
Gender Mainstreaming for Health Managers: a practical approach
(World Health Organization, 2011)
The development of this manual has entailed a long process of almost four years of development and piloting (or learning-by-doing). This approach was adopted to ensure that the materials respond to regional and country ...
The Global Reference List of 100 Core Health Indicators
(World Health Organization 2015, 2015)
This document is the outcome of technical consultations of the Interagency Working Group on Indicators and Reporting Burden, established by global health agency leaders in September 2013 and chaired by the Director-General ...
Beyond the mortality advantage: investigating women's health in Europe
(World Health Organization, 2015)
Women in the WHO European Region have better health than those in most countries of the world (1), but that does not hold for all women. Inequities – the systematic differences that are avoidable, remediable and unfair – ...