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In Conversation with Ms. Ann Keeling on the upcoming #HealthToo Policy Report
We spoke to Ann Keeling, Senior Fellow with Women in Global Health (WGH) about WGH’s upcoming report, Her Story: Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment of Women Health Workers. Due for…
Ms. Chioma Oduenyi on the Universal Nature of Gender Based Violence and her work in Nigeria
On the occasion of the 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Women in Global Health talked to Ms Chioma Oduenyi, recent Awardee of Heroines of Health 2022, about…
In Memoriam of Nicole Schiegg
Nicole Schiegg 1977 – 2022 It is with great sadness that Women in Global Health announces the passing of Ms Nicole Schiegg, founder and first Chair of the Women in…
Heroines of Health 2022
Heroines of Health 2022: Leading change for generations of women to come Download 2022 Booklet Photo Gallery Heroines of Health 2022 Animation Watch Animation About Heroines of Health The Heroines…
Remarks by our Executive Director at the 69th WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Panel Discussion On Leveraging Partnerships For Collective And Transformative Action To Achieve Health For All By All This is the first time Women in Global Health delivers remarks the EMRO…
#HealthToo Project
Nearly two thirds of 330,000 health workers surveyed across a range of countries reported exposure to work-related violence and harassment (WRVH) in a single year, according to the Journal for…
Joint Statement Pandemic Instrument Working Draft WHO CaII
The Pandemic Instrument Working Draft (WHO CAII) dated July 13, 2022 sets out a strong intention to protect the public, set up governance and financing mechanisms and…
Women in Global Health’s report on the 75th World Health Assembly
Every May, for about ten days, Geneva dresses up for its key role as a major global health hub. It is the time of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the…
Unpaid work violates women’s rights and threatens global health security
Six million women are currently subsidizing health systems Global health security and women’s rights are being undermined by the lack of payment or gross underpayment of women health workers, according…
Statement from U.S. Chapters of WGH on the U.S. decision to reverse Roe v. Wade
Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, ending the Constitutional right for women and pregnant people to have an abortion, the U.S. Chapters of Women in Global Health…
