World Health Worker Week: calling for gender and economic justice for women Community Health Workers
Mar 31, 2024
Around the globe, Community Health Workers (CHWs), the majority of whom are women, deliver essential primary care to over a billion people in low- and middle-income countries. They are trusted…
Advocate with us at the 68th Commission on the Status of Women
Mar 8, 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…
This International Women’s Day #TakeAStand for women’s rights
Mar 7, 2024
The global pushback on gender equality and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) is advancing at an alarming speed and scale. This global to national campaign to roll back…
Healthcare workers under fire: the view from Palestine
Jan 29, 2024
At Women in Global Health, we have watched with horror the events that have unfolded in Israel and Gaza since the start of October 2023. We have been staunch in…
Strength in unity: Women in Global Health Argentina rise against a changing political landscape
Jan 10, 2024
Over a month ago, in downtown Buenos Aires, Maria Emilia Caro led the launch of a new Women in Global Health (WGH) chapter in the Americas region. As WGH Argentina…
75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: it’s time for gender equity in health
Dec 10, 2023
As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Women in Global Health is proud to dedicate its energy and efforts to advancing women’s human rights….
Brewing Change: How a Café Conversation Sparked a Global Health Career
Nov 23, 2023
By Becca Reisdorf, former WGH Policy Associate In April 2018, seated in a Berlin café and on the brink of a move to Chile for maternal and child health…
Gender-Responsive Pandemic Preparedness, Prevention, Response and Recovery
Nov 6, 2023
This policy brief is a call to governments to prioritize the safety, empowerment, and equitable treatment of women health workers in all their future pandemic preparedness efforts.
When women in health say #EnoughisEnough
Oct 26, 2023
By Elena Marbán Castro, Thaïs González Capella and Blanca Paniello The joy of Spain’s team winning the FIFA Women’s Football World Club was quickly tainted when Luis Rubiales, the President…
