Gender equality and women’s rights | OHCHR
26 Jun 2025 · Promoting women’s human rights and achieving gender equality are core commitments of the UN Human Rights Office. We promote women and girls’ equal enjoyment …
Building a healthier world by women and for women is key to …
6 Mar 2025 · To achieve this, health systems must prioritize women’s and girls’ health needs and their full participation in the workforce. By creating opportunities for women to participate …
Women's health
28 Apr 2025 · The health of women and girls is of particular concern because, in many societies, they are disadvantaged by discrimination rooted in sociocultural factors. For example, women …
Sexual and reproductive health and rights | OHCHR
Women’s sexual and reproductive health is related to multiple human rights, including the right to life, the right to be free from torture, the right to health, the right to privacy, the right to …
Candidiasis (yeast infection)
9 Apr 2025 · Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), or vaginal yeast infection, affects millions of women worldwide. Oral candidiasis is more common in babies, people with weakened immune …
OHCHR and women’s human rights and gender equality
Moreover, many women, including transgender, gender diverse and intersex women, face compounded forms of discrimination—due to factors such as their age, race, ethnicity, …
Violence against women - World Health Organization (WHO)
25 Mar 2024 · WHO fact sheet on violence against women providing key facts and information on the scope of the problem, health consequences, prevention, WHO response.
Gender - World Health Organization (WHO)
26 Jun 2025 · Addressing discrimination against women and girls is critical to achieving UHC. WHO develops norms, standards and guidelines on gender-responsive health service …
Gender and health
24 May 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, …
Ten top issues for women's health
20 Feb 2015 · Dr Flavia Bustreo, Assistant Director General for Family, Women’s and Children’s Health through the Life-course, World Health Organization