HuffPost: A Leap Forward for Gender Equality in Global Health

Women have been making sizable contributions to global health for decades. We have influenced advocacy, policy, technical and programmatic issues. However, as a global health community, we still battle conundrums like “all male panels” and not seeing enough women in the top leadership positions. In that respect, today was a game changer. Dr Tedros announced his senior leadership team at the World Health Organization (WHO). Not only do leaders represent 14 countries, including all WHO regions, 60% of the appointments are women. This is a monumental moment for gender equality in global health leadership.

HuffPost: A Leap Forward for Gender Equality in Global Health, October 02, 2017
By Nicole Schiegg, Contributor, stratcomms consultant; fmr USAID sr advisor