What we do

Women in Global Health works to ensure that the women who deliver health services are also equipped, visible, and supported to lead them.

We do this by combining leadership development, advocacy, and collective action into a connected ecosystem that transforms and shifts power in global health. Through our women-led, chapter-driven network, we invest in women at different stages of their leadership journey, building skills, confidence, and influence from the local to the global level.

We Build Women’s Leadership Capacity

We design and deliver training that equip women with feminist, intersectional leadership skills, practical advocacy tools, and strategic communication expertise. From gender-transformative leadership and policy advocacy to media engagement, storytelling, and public speaking, our training positions women to navigate power, challenge inequity, and lead change within health systems.

We Create Platforms for Visibility and Voice

Leadership requires visibility. We create opportunities for women to be seen, heard, and recognized as experts. Through our Speakers Bureau, storytelling platforms, media engagement support, and representation in decision-making conversations, we amplify women’s expertise and ensure their voices shape public discourse, policy debates, and decision-making spaces.

We Convene, Connect, and Sustain Leadership

Beyond training, we bring women together across continents, professions, and generations to learn, collaborate, and lead collectively. Through webinars, in-person gatherings, mentorship programs, peer learning spaces, and a growing alumni network, we bring women together to ensure leadership development is sustained, not one-off.

We Advocate and Mobilize for Collective Action

We translate the lived experiences of women on the frontlines into advocacy agendas that demand fair pay, safe working conditions, and equitable leadership. We work with governments, institutions, and partners to secure commitments, and we hold them accountable. Together, our work builds leadership, shifts narratives, and transforms systems so global health is not only delivered by women, but led by them.

Why we do it

We are working towards a world that values women as leaders in global health and catalysts for better health for all. This future state includes:

Greater progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and better health for all genders.
Increased well-being and livelihoods of women, their families, and their communities.
Stronger health systems and the delivery of higher-quality care.
Greater progress on gender equality