An episode on the Pandemic Planet podcast by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Katherine is joined by Ann Keeling, Senior Fellow with Women in Global Health and lead…

When I first arrived to work in Pakistan in 1989, I would regularly visit villages where mothers had died in childbirth, often with their newborns. The health system just didn’t…

The COVID-19 pandemic was a stress test for the health sector, which is one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world, and also one of the largest employers…

This report examines the unpaid and underpaid work done by women in health systems, asks why women take up this work, and considers the impact of that work for women,…

Women’s unpaid work is propping up healthcare worldwide, reducing women’s economic security and weakening health systems, writes Ann Keeling. Originally posted on BMJ opinion.

Article by SumeghaAsthana & KaveriMayra on The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia

Women are 70% of health workers across the world, lead and shoulder a significant proportion of the pandemic response, and play key roles in health systems all over the world. …

PPE will not be fit for women unless underlying gender inequities are tackled, say Roopa Dhatt and colleagues Originally posted on BMJ

When the story of the pandemic is written, will history record that women  -as 70% of health and care workers and 90% of nurses-  carried us through this global health…

One of the many gender inequities in the health and care workforce that COVID-19 has exposed is around the fit and design of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The rapid onset…