Our Initiatives
We believe diverse, gender-balanced leadership is critical to building resilient, effective health systems and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It strengthens performance, improves workforce capacity, and ensures health policies reflect the needs of all people.
Gender equality in global health leadership is also economically sound. While women contribute nearly $3 trillion to global health care, almost half of this work remains unpaid and unrecognized. Closing leadership gaps is essential to addressing both inequity and inefficiency in health systems.
Our initiatives advance Gender Transformative Leadership by supporting transformative policies and actions that shift power, promote equality, and enable women to lead change across global health. Through partnerships, we deliver initiatives that translate evidence into impact.
Read about some of our initiatives below.
Heroines of Health
Women are the leaders and drivers of health in their communities, and without them, UHC will not be possible. Far too often their life-saving contributions go unrecognized and their inspiring stories stay untold. ‘Heroines of Health’ seeks to highlight women’s significant contribution to healthcare.
Gender Equal Health and Care Workforce Initiative
The Gender Equal Health and Care Workforce Initiative (GEHCWI), launched in 2021, is led by the Government of France and the not-for-profit organization, Women in Global Health. The Initiative aims to increase visibility, dialogue, and commitment to action on gender equity in the health and care workforce. It aims to build a political community to inspire action on safe and decent work for women in health, end informal work, which is often unpaid and underpaid, promote equal opportunities and leadership in health, and end violence and harassment. Gender equity in the health and care sector builds a strong foundation for health systems, universal health coverage (UHC) and global health security.
