South Africa

Founded: 2019

The South African chapter is founded by five colleagues in health, brought together by their passion for realizing gender equality in their lifetime. The collective experience is in advocacy for gender equality, public health, surgery and emergency medicine, research and development. We are from various backgrounds in the different provinces of South Africa.  The group has various members occupying strategic positions, some positions a first for women of color. The focus of this group is to use our collective influence to ensure that the structural challenges that make it hard for women to thrive in these strategic positions are overcome. 

Vision

Gender equality within global health leadership.

Mission 

To build momentum, create enabling environments, and advocate for gender transformative leadership in global health for sustainable, equitable global health.

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Aim

  • We aim to work with local, regional and global organizations to foster partnerships that will  bring about impactful change. 
  • United we can achieve gender transformative leadership and stand for sustainable  development towards health for all 

Objectives

  • Achieve 50-50 global health in top leadership positions led by women, in governing boards  and representation in events, panels and round tables. 
  • Enable gender transformative leadership locally, regionally and globally, to enable a cultural  paradigm shift and garner commitments from influential leaders in global health for gender  equity. 
  • Create a large WGH SA network supporting communities in our country, our continent and  within the global health communities. 

Priority areas

  • Gender transformative leadership 
  • Building movements and alliances for women in global health 
  • Garnering commitments and ensuring delivery of global commitments of the sustainable  development goals 
  • A new social contract for health care workers, safety in the workplace and protecting women  health care workers as well as SEAH

Our commitment

WGH SA is committed towards impactfully changing the South African and African narrative  for women in leadership in order to achieve a gender lens in global health and health for all.


Our leaders

President: Dr. Flavia Senkubuge, President of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa, Public Health Specialist

Vice-president: Prof Heike Geduld, associate Professor and Head of Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Stellenbosch

Vice-president: Prof Salome Maswime, Head of Global surgery at the University of Cape Town, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Secretary: Dr Mahlatse Rapholo, Public Health Medicine Registrar at the University of Pretoria

Communications and PRO: Dr Inge Kleinhans, Past President of the WCTOH 2018, President of AFPHSA

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