Learning resources

In 2021, led by WHO, the Leave No One Behind Pillar of the United Nations Network on Racial Discrimination and Protection of Minorities designed and implemented this month-long course.

The course focuses on the following objectives:

• Improving understanding of the concepts, principles, and frameworks for addressing racial discrimination and protection of minorities, peoples of African descent and indigenous peoples' rights in programming.
• Improving integration of a focus on racial discrimination and protection of minorities, indigenous peoples, and other population groups for policy-making.
• Identifying interventions for addressing racial discrimination and protection of minorities, indigenous peoples, and other population groups. 

Note: Open to the general public, but users must register and create an account to access the course materials.

More information on the UN Network page 

In 2022, WHO, in coordination with the Leave No One Behind Pillar of the United Nations Network on Racial Discrimination and Protection of Minorities organized three Community of Practice sessions for participants from 13 United Nations country teams offering a platform for follow-up and regional expert input into tackling racial discrimination and strengthening the protection of minorities.

1. Special session on the Racial discrimination and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages

2. Special session on the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

3. Special session on the Implementation of the Hate Speech Strategy

In 2022, WHO convened a round table on health and ethnicity methodologies, approaches and tools for use at the country level for tracking racial discrimination and promoting intercultural health.

Download the presentations:

WHO’s work on tackling structural racism and ethnicity-based discrimination in health 

WHO’s work on gender, equity and human rights in health 

More information on the UN Network on Racial Discrimination and Protection of Minorities