South Africa
The South African chapter is founded by five colleagues in health, brought together by their passion for realizing gender equality in their lifetime. The collective experience is in advocacy for gender equality, public health, surgery and emergency medicine, research and development. We are from various backgrounds in the different provinces of South Africa. The group has various members occupying strategic positions, some positions a first for women of color. The focus of this group is to use our collective influence to ensure that the structural challenges that make it hard for women to thrive in these strategic positions are overcome.
South Africa Chapter
is working to:
- Achieve 50-50 global health in top leadership positions led by women, in governing boards and representation in events, panels and round tables.
- Enable gender transformative leadership locally, regionally and globally, to enable a cultural paradigm shift and garner commitments from influential leaders in global health for gender equity.
- Create a large WGH SA network supporting communities in our country, our continent and within the global health communities.
We build momentum, create enabling environments, and advocate for gender transformative leadership in global health for a sustainable, equitable future.
WGH SA is committed towards impactfully changing the South African and African narrative for women in leadership in order to achieve a gender lens in global health and health for all.
Our priority areas:
- Gender transformative leadership
- Building movements and alliances for women in global health
- Garnering commitments and ensuring delivery of global commitments of the sustainable development goals
- A new social contract for health care workers, safety in the workplace and protecting women health care workers as well as SEAH
- Dr Flavia Senkubuge, President, President of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa, Public Health Specialist
- Prof Heike Geduld, Vice President, Associate Professor and Head of Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Stellenbosch
- Prof Salome Maswime, Vice President, Head of Global Surgery at the University of Cape Town, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
- Dr Mahlatse Rapholo, Secretary, Public Health Medicine Registrar at the University of Pretoria
- Dr Inge Kleinhans, Communications and PRO, Past President of WCTOH 2018, President of AFPHSA
