Gender and rights

PUBLICATIONS

Advocacy

• Preventing gender-biased sex selection
  An interagency statement OHCHR, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women and WHO
  14 June 2011
• An update on WHO's work on female genital mutilation (FGM)
  Progress report
  19 May 2011
• Female genital mutilation programmes to date: what works and what doesn't
  Policy brief
  19 May 2011
• Is it all about sex? Entre nous No. 66 - The European magazine for sexual and reproductive health
  The relationship between gender and sexual and reproductive health
  12 May 2007
• Advancing safe motherhood through human rights
  31 December 2001

Evidence and research

• A multi-country study on gender, sexuality and vaginal practices: Implications for sexual health
  Policy brief
  20 July 2012
• Expert meeting on health-sector responses to violence against women, 17-19 March 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
  8 November 2010
• Preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women
  Taking action and generating evidence
  5 August 2010
• Perspectives on sexual violence during early years of marriage in Nepal: findings from a qualitative study
  Social science research policy brief
  30 June 2009
• Mental health aspects of women's reproductive health
  A global review of the literature
  27 May 2009
• WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women
  SUMMARY REPORT - Initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women's responses
  22 January 2005
• WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women
  REPORT - Initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women's responses
  20 January 2005
• How do perceptions of gender roles shape the sexual behaviour of Croatian adolescents?
  Social science research policy brief
  31 August 2004
• Young female migrant workers in China in need of reproductive health information and services
  Social science research policy brief
  31 December 2002

Gender-based violence

• Intimate partner violence
  Understanding and addressing violence against women
  25 November 2012
• Sexual violence
  Understanding and addressing violence against women
  25 November 2012
• Femicide
  Understanding and addressing violence against women
  25 November 2012
• Human trafficking
  Understanding and addressing violence against women
  25 November 2012
• Health consequences
  Understanding and addressing violence against women
  25 November 2012
• Overview
  Understanding and addressing violence against women
  24 November 2012
• Intimate partner violence during pregnancy
  Information sheet
  24 November 2011
• Clinical management of rape survivors
  E-learning programme
  23 November 2009
• Clinical management of rape survivors:
  Developing protocols for use with refugees and internally displaced persons
  31 December 2004

• Violence against women (VAW)
  List of documents on VAW

Monitoring and evaluation

• Women’s health and human rights: Monitoring the implementation of CEDAW
  31 December 2007

Policy and programmatic issues

• A multi-country study on gender, sexuality and vaginal practices: Implications for sexual health
  Policy brief
  20 July 2012
• Male involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
  20 June 2012
• An update on WHO's work on female genital mutilation (FGM)
  Progress report
  19 May 2011
• Female genital mutilation programmes to date: what works and what doesn't
  Policy brief
  19 May 2011
• Developing sexual health programmes
  A framework for action
  29 November 2010
• Expert meeting on health-sector responses to violence against women, 17-19 March 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
  8 November 2010
• Preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women
  Taking action and generating evidence
  5 August 2010
• Addressing violence against women and HIV/AIDS: What works?
  Report of a consultation
  22 July 2010
• Using human rights for sexual and reproductive health: improving legal and regulatory frameworks
  Paper - WHO Bulletin - Volume 88, Number 7, July 2010
  3 June 2010
• Evaluation of the WHO training initiative on gender and rights in reproductive health 1997–2007
  Executive summary
  17 March 2010
• Perspectives on sexual violence during early years of marriage in Nepal: findings from a qualitative study
  Social science research policy brief
  30 June 2009
• Creating a supportive legislative and regulatory framework
  Policy Brief - 3
  1 June 2006
• Sex without consent. Young people in developing countries
  1 December 2005
• WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women
  SUMMARY REPORT - Initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women's responses
  22 January 2005
• WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women
  REPORT - Initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women's responses
  20 January 2005
• Clinical management of rape survivors:
  Developing protocols for use with refugees and internally displaced persons
  31 December 2004
• How do perceptions of gender roles shape the sexual behaviour of Croatian adolescents?
  Social science research policy brief
  31 August 2004
• Programming for male involvement in reproductive health
  Report of the meeting of WHO Regional Advisers in Reproductive Health WHO/PAHO, Washington, DC, USA, 5–7 September 2001
  31 December 2002
• Young female migrant workers in China in need of reproductive health information and services
  Social science research policy brief
  31 December 2002
• Transforming health systems: gender and rights in reproductive health
  A training manual for health managers
  31 December 2001
• Information, education and communication: lessons from the past; perspectives for the future
  31 December 2001
• Considerations for formulating reproductive health laws
  Second edition
  31 December 2000