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.

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Women on the move

A global paradox is emerging in which care workers - who are largely migrant women, often working in informal home settings - make a considerable contribution to public health in many countries but are themselves exposed to health risks, face barriers to accessing care, and enjoy few labour and social protections. WHO has produced a report to shed light on a particular population group that both provides care as well as needs it to maintain their own health and well-being.

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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

Breaking down barriers to healthcare access for transgender people in Argentina

Building capacity for reducing health inequalities
November 2017
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

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Events

World Refugee Day
20 June 2018
Elder Abuse Awareness Day
15 June 2018
International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
17 May 2018
World Immunization Week
24-30 April 2018
Third Annual UHC Financing Forum: Greater Equity for Better Health and Financial Protection
19-20 April 2018
Stockholm Forum on Gender Equality
15-17 April 2018
International Day for Maternal Health and Rights
11 April 2018

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GER health equity work in the news

Applying the Innov8 approach for reviewing national health programmes to leave no one behind: lessons learnt from Indonesia
23 March 2018
National health inequality monitoring: current challenges and opportunities, Global Health Action journal article
20 February 2018
Multi-country research study led by WHO of within-country inequalities in cesarean section published in BMJ
24 January 2018
WHO report on inequalities in childhood immunisation rewarded by the British Medical Association
18 September 2017
Area-based units of analysis for strengthening health inequality monitoring
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, November 2016

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2017

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