Ireland

Founded: April 2020

Women in Global Health Ireland started due to the involvement of several individuals in WGH activities globally, both within and outside of Ireland. We met in Dublin in September 2019 and agreed to set up a national chapter. Our Chapter intentionally reflects the diversity of people interested in global health, as well as Ireland’s strong presence in global health. Together the group represents knowledge and skills across a variety of backgrounds in health services, academia, private enterprise and civil society/non-governmental organisations.

Our aims

Our goal is to contribute to improving gender transformative leadership in Global Health within Ireland and worldwide by creating an enabling and supportive environment through advocacy, education and networking that promotes gender equity in global health. Gender Transformative Leadership improves global health through the utilisation of advocacy, education, policy recommendations, mentorship and networking opportunities.

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Our work

In 2020, as part of a weekly webinar series, ‘Conversations on Covid’ we hosted a webinar that specifically examined the gender dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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To drive work that is member-led we engaged with our membership to shape our strategic planning for the Chapter based on thematic areas of work and key issues which were identified by our members. 

Priority areas of work:

  • Increase awareness of/highlight and platform Irish-affiliated women in global health
  • Facilitate supportive networking spaces where women can meet, support and learn from each other
  • Map the Irish policy landscape for work-life balance and gender-equitable work policies where we can amplify existing advocacy 

The key issues that our members feel need to be addressed within their disciplines are: 

  • Leadership
  • Balancing Life and Career Goals
  • Workplace Policies.   

As a contributing conference partner,  we worked with the IGHN to ensure that Gender Equity was championed across their 2022 Annual Conference ‘Humanity and Health: Global Imbalance and Social Inclusion‘f. 

We had our first exciting in-person launch at the WGHI-sponsored reception, we also had many new members sign up to our chapter at the Global Health Village. Our core team and advisory board members were involved throughout the Conference from poster presentations, to parallel sessions and plenary panels. We hosted a workshop which explored recommendations to support gender-equitable Leadership in Politics, Public Life & the Workplace. Peggy Maguire and Ailbhe Smyth, two of our advisory board members and champions of gender equality in Ireland, facilitated participatory work with attendees to identify advocacy priorities and subsequent actions in this area for the Chapter. 

Our leaders

The Ireland National Chapter is currently hosted by the Irish Global Health Network.

Core team: 

  • Adrienne Seabrooke
  • Brynne Gilmore
  • Celina Flocks Monaghan
  • Grace Maclean
  • Morgane Clarke
  • Paula Quigley
  • Pei Xing Kwek
  • Tejaswy Swathi Kovuri

Advisory Board Members:

  • Ailbhe Smyth
  • Annette Kennedy  
  • Caroline Forkin 
  • Frédérique Vallieres 
  • Khalifa Elmusharaf
  • Nadine Ferris France 
  • Peggy Maguire

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