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General

Women's empowerment and gender equality: essentials goals for saving women's lives, 2008 [pdf 350kb]

French version [pdf 359kb]

Spanish version [pdf 333kb]

Women’s health and human rights: monitoring the implementation of CEDAW, 2007

Gender Equality, Work and Health: A Review of the Evidence, 2006 [pdf 681kb]

A Summary of the 'So What?' Report: A look at Whether Integrating a Gender Focus into Programmes makes a difference to Outcomes, 2005 [pdf 1.02Mb]

French version [pdf 1.38Mb]

Spanish version [pdf 572kb]

Portuguese version [pdf 572kb]

Overview of Activities 2004-2005 - Gender, Women and Health in HQ and ROs [pdf 399kb]

Annotated Bibliography: Selected WHO Publications on Gender, Women and Health 1999-2005

Gender in Lung Cancer Research: Gender and Health Research Series, 2004 [pdf 502kb]

Gender in Mental Research: Gender and Health Research Series, 2004 [pdf 484kb]

Gender in Tuberculosis Research: Gender and Health Research Series, 2004 [pdf 680kb]

Gender Analysis in Health - A Review of Selected Tools, 2003

'En-gendering' the Millennium Development Goals on Health, 2003

The WHO Gender Policy, 2002

The Role of Men in Promoting Gender Equality

Engaging men and boys in changing gender-based inequity in health: Evidence from programme interventions, 2007 [pdf 1.26Mb]

French version [pdf 1.42Mb]

Spanish version [pdf 1.42Mb]

Information Sheets

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Gender and HIV/AIDS

Integrating gender into HIV/AIDS programmes in the health sector: Tool to improve responsiveness to women’s needs

Addressing violence against women and HIV testing and counselling: A meeting report, 2007 [pdf 2.50Mb]

Gender Dimensions of HIV Status Disclosure ot Sexual Partners: Rates, Barriers and Outcomes, 2004 [pdf 581kb]

Ensuring Equitable Access to Antiretroviral Treatment for Women: WHO Policy Statement, 2004 [pdf 166kb]

HIV Status Disclosure to Sexual Partners: Rates, Barriers and Outcomes for Women, WHO Document Summary, 2004 [pdf 93kb]

Integrating Gender into HIV/AIDS Programmes, A Review Paper, 2003 [pdf 264kb]

Violence Against Women

Sexual violence research initiative, 2007 [pdf 142kb]

WHO Ethical and safety recommendations for researching, documenting and monitoring sexual violence in emergencies, 2007 [pdf 308kb]

Arabic version [pdf 369kb]

French version [pdf 315kb]

Researching Violence Against Women: A Practical Guide for Researchers and Activists, 2005 (Entire Manual)

WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women, 2005

Addressing violence against women and achieving the Millennium Development Goals, 2005 [pdf 297kb]

Putting Women First: Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on Domestic Violence Against Women, 2003

WHO ethical & safety recommendations for interviewing trafficked women, 2003 [pdf 256kb]

Armenian version [pdf 227kb]
Bosnian version
Croatian version
Romanian version
Russian version
Serbian version
Spanish version [pdf 347kb]

Violence and HIV/AIDS

Posters to Fight Violence Against Women (in English and French)

Information Bulletins on Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS: Critical Intersections

Violence against sex workers and HIV prevention, 2006 [pdf 278kb]

Intimate Partner Violence and HIV/AIDS, 2004 [pdf 208kb]

French version [pdf 494kb]

Co-publications

Guidelines for Medico-legal Care for Victims of Sexual Violence, 2003

Other WHO Publications on Gender

Tuberculosis and Gender

The Gender Agenda in the Control of Tropical Diseases: A Review of Current Evidence

Genetics and Gender Mainstreaming

Clinical management of rape survivors: Developing protocols for use with refugees and internally displaced persons, 2007 (Revised edition)

Arabic version [pdf 519kb]

French version [PDF]

GWH Publications Order Form

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KEY DOCUMENTS

WHO gender mainstreaming strategy
Integrating gender analysis and actions into the work of WHO

Selected publications on gender, women and health [pdf 3.07Mb]



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