More Women Must Lead in Global Health: A Focus on Strategies to Empower Women Leaders and Advance Gender Equality

Despite comprising 70% of the health workforce, women fill only 25% of senior and 5% of top health organization positions. Greater diversity in global health leadership, particularly greater representation of women, is essential to ensure diverse perspectives and ideas inform policies and priorities...

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Published in:Annals of global health 2021-01, Vol.87 (1), p.67-67
Main Authors: Batson, Amie, Gupta, Geeta Rao, Barry, Michele
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Equality
Expert Consensus Document
Females
Funding
Gender equity
Global health
Leadership
Leadership training
Literature reviews
Pandemics
Power
Prime ministers
Priorities
Professionals
Public health
Women
Workforce
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Summary:Despite comprising 70% of the health workforce, women fill only 25% of senior and 5% of top health organization positions. Greater diversity in global health leadership, particularly greater representation of women, is essential to ensure diverse perspectives and ideas inform policies and priorities. Interviews and literature reviews surfaced many of the key challenges that women in global health face at individual, organizational and societal levels. Initiatives working to advance women’s leadership are encouraged to consider 5 key priorities that address these challenges.
ISSN:2214-9996
2214-9996
DOI:10.5334/aogh.3213