- Anaemia - World Health Organization (WHO)
Anaemia is a serious global public health problem that particularly affects young children, menstruating adolescent girls and women, and pregnant and postpartum women WHO estimates that 40% of children 6–59 months of age, 37% of pregnant women, and 30% of women 15–49 years of age worldwide are anaemic
- Sexual and reproductive health and rights | OHCHR
About sexual and reproductive health and rights The rights of women and girls to the highest attainable standards of health, including sexual and reproductive health, are firmly grounded in international and regional human rights instruments [1] These rights have been reaffirmed in consensus agreements established during the International Conference on Population and Development, the Beijing
- Human Rights Watch: Womens Human Rights: Disabled Women and Girls
Disabled women and girls face the same spectrum of human rights abuses that non-disabled women face, but their social isolation and dependence magnifies these abuses and their consequences
- Lifetime toll: 840 million women faced partner or sexual violence
Violence against women remains one of the world’s most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises, with very little progress in two decades, according to a landmark report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN partners
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against . . .
Recalling that discrimination against women violates the principles of equality of rights and respect for human dignity, is an obstacle to the participation of women, on equal terms with men, in the political, social, economic and cultural life of their countries, hampers the growth of the prosperity of society and the family and makes more
- Rape in War: Challenging the Tradition of Impunity
Women's experience of rape in war, like that of women's human rights abuse more generally, is always determined by a variety of factors, including race, class, religion, ethnicity, and nationality
- Maternal health
Maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period Each stage should be a positive experience, ensuring women and their babies reach their full potential for health and well-being
- Gender stereotyping | OHCHR
A gender stereotype is a generalized view or preconception about attributes or characteristics, or the roles that are or ought to be possessed by, or performed by, women and men A gender stereotype is harmful when it limits women’s and men’s capacity to develop their personal abilities, pursue their professional careers and or make choices about their lives
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