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United Nations resources on gender equality

Gender-based violence

Additional sources of information 

United Nations resources on gender equality

Gender Statistics Programme in the Arab Countries 

United Nations Interagency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE)

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 

UN Women: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

Gender-based violence

Stop Rape Now: UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict.

Unite To End Violence Against Women

Virtual knowledge Centre to End Violence Against Women and Girls 

Additional sources of information

International Center for Research on Women (ICRC)

Gender and Health Collaborative Curriculum Project (GHCCP)

Population Council

 

Featured publications

Gender-sensitive_AfghanistanIncreasing access to health care services in Afghanistan with gender-sensitive health service delivery

Thumbnail of cross cutting gender issues in women's health in the Eastern mediterranean Region publicationCross-cutting gender issues in women's health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Thumbnail of Gender and health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: conceptual and operational advocacy Gender and health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: conceptual and operational advocacy

Practical tools

Gender mainstreaming for health managers: a practical approach  

Human rights and gender equality in health sector strategies: How to assess policy coherence

Qualitative data

Autonomy and access to health services:

In our home, the household head decides about our healthcare. If he is not home, we have
to wait.

(Female respondent in a WHO gender assessment of health-seeking behaviour in Pakistan)

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