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Gender Equity in the Health Workforce for Health Systems Strengthening
May 24, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Date, time and location: 24 May 2023 | 18:00-19:30 CET | Geneva, Switzerland
Join us for an in-person event during the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, where select Member States gather to discuss gender equity and the health workforce in relation to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and pandemic preparedness. The event follows the World Health Organization’s Fifth Forum on Human Resources for Health held in April 2023, which highlighted critical health workforce issues that must be addressed if the world is to achieve UHC by 2030 and be better prepared for future pandemics.
Women in Global Health will bring together various actors to share insights into policies, programs, and models that promote gender equity and support the health workforce as the foundation for health systems security. We will focus on four key areas that require further strengthening: (1) increasing the proportion of women health workers in leadership roles, (2) recognizing the value of unpaid health and care work and the importance of equal pay in the health sector, (3) protecting women health workers from harassment and violence in the workplace, and (4) ensuring safe and decent working conditions for all health workers, everywhere.
Speakers include:
–Dr. Francis Nah Kateh, Deputy Minister for Health Services and Chief Medical Officer Liberia
–Ms. Ana Estela Haddad, Secretary of Information and Digital Health, Ministry of Health, Brazil
–Dr. Cathrine Marie Lofthus, Secretary General, Ministry of Health and Care Services, Norway
–Amb. Fernando Espinosa, Deputy Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Mission of Mexico in Geneva
–Ms. Loyce Pace, Assistant Secretary of Global Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States of America
–Dr. Roopa Dhatt, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Women in Global Health
–Dr. Padmini Murthy, Global Health Lead, American Medical Women’s Association
–Ms. Catherine Chacha Men’ganyi, National Lead, Women in Global Health Kenya