A year of Collective Action & Solidarity for Women in Health Everywhere

Dec 19, 2023

As Women in Global Health, we are witness to how gender inequities in health leadership and the health sector make systems and services less gender responsive, worsen working conditions for…

Press Release: Heroines of Health 2023

Jul 25, 2023

Global health awards recognize outstanding women in health July 19, 2023 – Twelve women on the frontlines of health systems across the African continent including Ethiopia, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Senegal,…

Time for change: Women’s frontline position in health overlooked in leadership

Jun 27, 2023

Globally, women hold around 70% of health-worker jobs, over 80% of nursing and over 90% of midwifery roles and deliver the majority of unpaid care and domestic work in families and communities….

A Wake-up Call for UHC – Time to Recognize Women in Health Workforce

Jun 27, 2023

As the United Nations multi-stakeholder meeting on universal health coverage (UHC) convenes on Tuesday afternoon in New York,  we urge that women health workers are properly recognized and rewarded The…

Time to build back equal in global health leadership

Jun 27, 2023

Globally, women hold around 70% of health worker jobs, over 80% of nursing and over 90% of midwifery roles and deliver the majority of unpaid care and domestic work in families and…

Platitudes not Enough: Urgent Investment Needed in Health Workforce

Jun 27, 2023

WASHINGTON DC / NEW YORK, Apr 7 2023 (IPS) – As World Health Worker Week draws to a close on April 7, health organizations from around the world have been celebrating…

Survivor report prompts renewed urgency for measures against sexual abuse in health workforce

Jun 27, 2023

A recent policy report by Women in Global Health revealed the widespread problem of sexual violence and harassment (SEAH) experienced by women health workers. Roopa Dhatt and Mariam Dahir set…

  • Categories

  • Chapter

Globe image
WhatsApp