Publications: Women and girls

• Gender mainstreaming for health managers: a practical approach
  April 2011 -- Faciltators' guide. Participant's notes
• Gender, women and primary health care renewal
  July 2010 -- Discussion paper brings together evidence and experience from around the world focusing on making health systems more gender responsive
• Sex, gender and influenza
  July 2010 -- Publication focuses on the different effects of seasonal epidemics, pandemics on males and females
• Women's empowerment and gender equality: Essential goals for saving women's lives
  September 2008 -- Leaflet specifies what gender equality and women's empowerment mean, providing specific examples
• Overview of activities: Department of Gender, Women and Health
  January 2008 -- An overview of the department's strategy, products and services to promote gender equality and women's empowerment across WHO programmes and management functions
• Women, ageing and health: A framework for action
  January 2007 -- Framework for action addresses the health status and factors that influence women's health at midlife and older ages with a focus on gender
• WHO ethical and safety recommendations for researching, documenting and monitoring sexual violence in emergencies
  January 2007 -- The ethical and safety guidelines are menat to complement existing internationally-agreed ethical guidelines for research and to inform ethics review processes
• The uses and impacts of medico-legal evidence in sexual assault cases: A global review
  January 2007 -- The review provides a global overview of the historical and contemporary uses and impacts of medico-legal evidence in cases of sexual assault of adolescents and adults
• Women's health and human rights: Monitoring the implementation of CEDAW
  January 2007 -- The guide explains how human rights related to health are enshrined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• Addressing violence against women and HIV testing and counseling: A meeting report
  January 2006 -- The document points out operational research gaps and proposes recommendations on addressing intimate partner violence and other concerns related to women in HIV testing and counseling
• Overview of activities 2004-2005: Gender, women and health in Headquarters and Regional Offices
  January 2006 -- An overview of major activities implemented by the Department of Gender, Women and Health in WHO Headquarters and WHO Regional Offices during the biennium
• Researching violence against women: A practical guide for researchers and activists
  November 2005 -- The guide covers all aspects of the research process, from study design to training field workers
• WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women: summary report
  January 2005 -- Document describes the WHO landmark study in ten countries to document the magnitude and nature of women's health and domestic violence with a view to identifying solutions
• WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women: full report
  January 2005 -- Document describes the WHO landmark study in ten countries to document the magnitude and nature of women's health and domestic violence with a view to identifying solutions
• Violence against sex workers and HIV prevention: Information sheet
  January 2005 -- This information sheet presents where and how violence against sex workers and HIV/AIDS intersect and how to address violence against sex workers in HIV/AIDS programmes
• Addressing violence against women and achieving the Millennium Development Goals
  January 2005 -- Document highlights the connections between the MDGs and the prevention of violence against women
• Ensuring equitable access to antiretroviral treatment for women
  November 2004 -- WHO/UNAIDS policy statement identifies actions needed to address the gender dimensions of equity in access to antiretrovial therapy
• Intimate partner violence and HIV/AIDS: Information sheet
  November 2004 -- Information bulletin presents evidence on how intimate partner violence increases girls' and women's risk of HIV infection and undermines AIDS control efforts
• Sexual violence in conflict settings and the risk of HIV: Information sheet
  November 2004 -- Information sheet presents where and how violence against women and HIV/AIDS intersect in conflict settings and how to address violence against women and HIV/AIDS in conflict settings
• Guidelines for medico-legal care for victims of sexual violence
  January 2003 -- The guidelines aim to improve professional health services for all individuals who have been victims of sexual violence
• Integrating gender into HIV/AIDS programmes: A review paper
  January 2003 -- Review document on up-to-date knowledge on how gender norms increase the risk of, and vulnerability to, HIV/AIDS
• Gender dimensions of HIV status disclosure to sexual partners: Rates, barriers and outcomes for women
  January 2003 -- The document synthesizes information available on HIV status disclosure in terms of the rates, barriers and outcomes of HIV status disclosure among HIV-infected individuals
• WHO ethical and safety recommendations for interviewing trafficked women
  January 2003 -- The document aims to build a sound understanding of the risks, ethical considerations, and practical realities related to trafficking of women
• Putting women first: Ethical and safety recommendations for research on domestic violence against women
  January 2001 -- Document outlines the recommendations developed by the World Health Organization regarding the ethical and safety issues associated with planning and conducting domestic violence research
• Female genital mutilation: Integrating the prevention and the management of the health complications into the curricula of nursing and midwifery
  January 2001 -- A student's manual on strategies for involving individuals, families, communities and political leaders in the prevention of female genital mutilation
• Female genital mutilation: The prevention and the management of health complications
  January 2001 -- Policy guidelines for nurses and midwives to promote and strengthen the case against the medicalization of female genital mutilation
• Violence against women and HIV/AIDS: Setting the research agenda
  January 2001 -- Meeting report takes stock of existing research in the area, identifies key research questions and priorities, and makes recommendations for further research