Germany

Founded: 2017

In recent years Germany has taken on a new leadership role in global health, and so it is vital that German women can significantly contribute to this development and emerge as leaders. Ilona Kickbusch and Sabine Ludwig convened a group of women working in the field of global health in Berlin in July 2017 to discuss the founding of a German chapter. The German chapter was officially launched on 12th January 2018 in Berlin with the support of the Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, the Ministry of Health, the World Health Summit, and further sponsors.

Our aims

The German Chapter was created with the following objectives:

  • Increase the visibility of women working in global health in Germany
  • Gender parity in global health leadership in Germany
  • Gender parity in advisory and decision-making bodies in the health sector in Germany, including COVID-19 task forces
  • Support women in their career development / Mentoring Programme
  • Influence global health politics
  • Work on thematic global health issues
  • Advocate for safe working conditions for women in the health professions and fair wages
  • Organize regular networking events
  • Sex/gender sensitive data collection, sex/gender sensitive research
  • Integration of global health issues into health professionals curricula
  • Support the founding of other Women in Global Health Chapters

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Our work

We are currently part of the WGH Operation 50/50 campaign, which works to centre the experiences and expertise of women during the global pandemic, in order to improve responses.

Our members

We are hosted by the Center for Global Health, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany (Medical Faculty of Free University and Humboldt University Berlin). Our founder are Sabine Ludwig & Ilona Kickbusch, and Sabine is our Chapter lead.

 

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