How to get involved – Gender Equal Health and Care Workforce Initiative

How to get involved

Commitments are welcome from governments, UN and multilateral organizations, international and regional organizations, foundations, professional associations, trade unions, and civil society organizations.

Are you an organization or government that wants to get involved? Here is how:

Join the initiative
Join us on social media
Make the GEHCWI dialogue local

Join the initiative and make a commitment. Announce a commitment that will make a significant and lasting difference in one or more of the four GEHCWI pillars. Please contact us here to express your interest in joining the initiative with the name of the organisation.

Join us on social media, follow #GenderEqualHCW. Follow the key events and discussions, amplifying and adding to the conversation.

Raise the Initiative and its core messages in your local context. The four pillars of the GEHCWI embody global challenges and barriers to sustainable and gender equal health and social care. These barriers, however, are manifested differently across localities, cultures and settings. Solutions will also vary with the local context. We invite you to take the GEHCWI local by organizing a dialogue to explore how these gender equity issues are manifested and resolved in your setting. Sharing this with us on the GEHCWI website will enable us to better illustrate local challenges and solutions.

Learn more about the The Initiative's four pillars

How to get involved

Increase the proportion of women in health and care leadership roles

Women comprise almost 70% of the global health workforce, yet hold only 25% of senior roles.

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Recognize the value of unpaid health and care work

Women in health contribute 5% to global GDP (US$3 Trillion); of which almost 50% is unrecognized and unpaid.

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Protect women health and care workers from harassment and violence in the workplace

Only 37% countries report measures in place to prevent attacks on health workers.

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Ensure safe and decent working conditions for all health and care workers, everywhere

Women, often the first point of contact in patient care, have had high COVID-19 infection rates.

Help us close the
leadership gap in Health

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Help us close the
leadership gap in Health

Get involved Stay informed