Advocate with us at the 68th Commission on the Status of Women
8 March 2024
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the global intergovernmental body dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. Women in Global Health is sending the delegation to the CSW for the very first time, led by our Executive Director, Dr. Roopa Dhatt. The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women takes place from 11 to 22 March 2024. The principal output of the CSW is the Agreed Conclusions (AC) on the priority theme set for that year. The Agreed Conclusions contain an analysis of the priority theme and provide concrete recommendations to be implemented at the international, national, regional, and local level by governments, intergovernmental bodies, civil society, and other relevant stakeholders.
This year’s priority event focuses on accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective.
Join us in a call for gender equality and empowering all women and girls in global health!
Advocate with us
Join us at the 68th CSW to help us drive the agenda on gender equality in global health, as we advocate for four overarching asks:
Women’s leadership in health
Today, women hold around 70% of health worker jobs globally, and 90% of patient-facing roles. Women’s work – paid and unpaid – forms the essential foundation for health, well-being, and delivery of health systems. Despite that, women hold only 25% of senior leadership roles in the sector. We advocate for gender-transformative policy action to ensure women in all their diversity working in health can attain their equal right to lead.
Pushing back against the backlash on the rights of women and girls
The global to national campaign to roll back gender equality and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) advances in alarming speed and scale. Women and girls cannot realize their right to health until they have bodily autonomy and their SRHR are central to health services. Addressing gendered health inequities is fundamental to driving progress for health for all.
Gender-responsive Universal Health Coverage
Universal health coverage (UHC) has the potential to transform the health and lives of billions of people and women as the majority of healthcare providers will largely deliver UHC. Gender-responsive health systems address the health risks and needs of women, men, girls, boys, and gender-diverse people. They also enable women health workers to deliver health for all. That is how we will reach UHC, leaving no-one behind.
Economic and Gender Justice for Women Community Health Workers
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are vital in achieving health for all. Women comprise 70% of CHWs worldwide. But most women CHWs do not have the salaries, professional skills, supervision, and supplies they need to succeed. Professionalising CHWs is a matter of gender and economic justice.
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