WGH Norway acknowledges the urgency of acting towards gender equity in global health leadership positions. Women make up approximately 75% of the health workforce and yet their representation at higher levels of global health leadership is limited. Our next speaker, Bente Mikkelsen will focus on her experience with global health leadership in an international organization...

Women have played a critical role in the COVID-19 pandemic at all levels from political leadership to vaccine design. In addition, women make up 70% of the health and care workforce and 90% of frontline and patient-facing roles. In the first year of the pandemic health workers, the majority women, were applauded as ‘angels’ and...