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WHO

Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR) --Gender and Reproductive Rights

Stop TB Department - Tuberculosis and Gender

PAHO's Gender, Ethnicity and Health Unit (GH)

WHO Kobe Centre (WKC) -WHO Center for Health Development

WHO:Gender and Mental Health

United Nations organizations

UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Wormen (WomenWatch)

UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)

Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE)

UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG)

Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI) --Department of Economic and Social Affairs

UN Development Programme (UNDP) - Women's empowerment

UN Population Fund (UNFPA) - Promoting Gender Equality

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Gender Equality and Development

UN Child's Fund (UNICEF) - Gender Equality

International Labour Organization (ILO) - Gender

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - Women

Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)

Gender Statistics Programme (GSP) in the Arab Countries

The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS

The World Bank Group - Gender

WHO Collaborating Centers

The Key Centre for Women's Health in Society (University of Melbourne)

The Centre for Research in Women's Health (CRWH) of the University of Toronto, Canada

The Collaborating Centre for Policy and Practice Development in Women's Health and Gender Mainstreaming in Glasgow, UK

Donors and government agencies

Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Gender and Development

Government of Netherlands - Woman's Human Rights and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Government of Norway - Ministry of Children and Family Affairs

Government of Switzerland - Federal Office for Gender Equality

Government of Sweden - Equality between women and men in Sweden

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)

UK Government - Department for International Development (DFID)

Government of Canada - Women's Health Bureau

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Women's Health

US National Women's Health Information Center

Government of Australia - Gender and Development

Nongovernmental organizations

EngenderHealth - Sexuality & Gender

Family Care International (FCI)

International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC)

Canadian Women's Health Network (CWHN)

Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)

Gender and Health Equity Network (GHEN)

Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG)

International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)

Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) - Empowering Women

Ipas

African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)

Caribbean Association of Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA)

Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)

The Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network (LACWHN)

Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS)

The Population Council - Gender

Universities, institutions and centers

Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex

The State University of New Jersey - Center for Women's Global Leadership

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

John Hopkins School of Public Health

The Alan Guttmacher Institute

Medical Research Council of South Africa (MRC) - Gender and Health Research Group

Nordic Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Research (NIKK)

The Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) - Gender

The Arab Regional Resource Center on Violence Against Women (in Arabic)

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

Centre for African Family Studies

The Medical Women's International Association (MWIA)

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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