May 24, 2021 · Gender norms, roles and relations, and gender inequality and inequity, affect people’s health all around the world. This Q&A examines the links between gender and health, highlighting WHO’s ongoing work to address gender-related barriers to healthcare, advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity, and achieve …

Mar 6, 2025 · Gender is hierarchical and produces inequalities that intersect with other social and economic inequalities. Gender-based discrimination intersects with other factors of discrimination, such as ethnicity, socioeconomic status, disability, age, geographic location, gender identity and sexual orientation, among others.

Collecting, analyzing, and using good quality, disaggregated data is necessary to improve people’s health and well-being. In 2019, WHO’s Global Health Statistics were disaggregated by sex for the first time. When data on individuals are broken down by sex, health systems are better able to identify and respond to gender inequalities in health, and allocate resources …

Mar 6, 2025 · As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on Women – a landmark blueprint for gender equality – progress remains frustratingly slow. If we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, we must place women at the centre of global health transformation.Well-functioning health systems are the foundation of …

Mar 20, 2019 · 3. Often, gender norms and stereotypes of jobs can affect the roles that women occupy. Cultural labelling as either ‘men’s’ or ‘women’s’ roles prevent women from reaching leadership levels. 4. This stereotyping is a significant contributor to the gender pay gap. The gender pay gap is 25% - higher than average for other sectors.

The department leverages and contributes to WHO’s leadership, technical expertise and country presence to accelerate progress on gender equality, human rights and health equity. It also leads capacity building efforts for mainstreaming gender, equity and human rights in all WHO programmes, working closely with a growing organization-wide ...

Mar 15, 2019 · Universal health coverage (UHC) is based on principles of equity. However, even a well-functioning health system striving towards UHC is not necessarily equitable and gender-responsive. Health systems are not gender neutral; structures and processes of oppression and discrimination that exist in society reproduced in health systems.UHC can only truly be …

La guía Gender mainstreaming for health managers: a practical approach. Facilitators’ guide and Participants’ El objetivo de estas guías es sensibilizar y desarrollar aptitudes para realizar análisis y elaborar planes con perspectiva de género en las actividades del sector sanitario.

This report provides a first review of the interactions between climate change, gender and health. It documents evidence for gender differences in health risks that are likely to be exacerbated by climate change, and in adaptation and mitigation measures that …

The Department of Gender, Rights, Equity and Diversity (GRED) supports WHO’s commitment to the Leave No One Behind agenda. It represents the unequivocal commitment of all UN Member States to eradicate poverty in all its forms, end discrimination and exclusion, and reduce the inequalities and vulnerabilities that leave people behind and ...