Gender, equity and human rights

News and features

Featured here are examples of how WHO works to incorporate gender, equity and human rights into programmes and policies. Consult this page regularly for updates.

Young woman at a medical consultation

Ending discrimination in health care settings

Read the commentary by Jim Campbell, Executive Director, WHO Global Health Workforce Alliance; Gottfried Hirnschall, Director, WHO Department of HIV and Global Hepatitis Programme; and Veronica Magar, Team Leader, WHO Gender, Equity and Human Rights Team

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Statements

Joint United Nations statement on ending discrimination in health care settings
27 June 2017

New WHO data portal to help track progress towards universal health coverage
12 December 2016
Striving for zero discrimination in health care
12 December 2016
Discrimination and negative attitudes about ageing are bad for your health
29 September 2016
Life expectancy increased by 5 years since 2000, but health inequalities persist
19 May 2016

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Feature stories

Discovering who misses out on health: the example of Indonesia
July 2017

New path for health and human rights opens in Andorra
31 July 2017
Carissa F. Etienne: Health inequities endanger economic and social growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
31 July 2017
Advancing health through attention to gender, equity and human rights
March 2017
Finding the gaps in meeting adolescent health needs in Nepal
22 November 2016
Uncovering health inequalities: A path towards leaving no one behind
May 2016

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Events

World Refugee Day
20 June 2017
70th World Health Assembly
22-27 May 2017
International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
17 May 2017
International Women’s Day
8 March 2017
Zero Discrimination Day
1 March 2017

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GER health equity work in the news

Area-based units of analysis for strengthening health inequality monitoring
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, November 2016
Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT) paper published in BMC Medical Research Methodology, October 2016
Health Equity Monitor published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, September 2016

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2017

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