PAST EVENTS
WORLD HEALTH WORKER WEEK!
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on frontline health workers’ tireless efforts to keep their communities—and the world—safe and healthy. It’s time to move beyond awareness-raising and call for specific actions to better protect and support them.
For World Health Worker Week (April 5 – 9, 2021), Women in Global Health is joining the Frontline Health Workers Coalition to call for policymakers to listen to health workers and then act to address their needs and concerns. Health workers know best what they need to be safer, healthier, and more prepared to end the pandemic, prevent future disease outbreaks, and ensure access to essential services for their communities.
Join the campaign by following @WomeninGH, @FHWCoalition, @HRH2030Program, and @IntraHealth for a video series from health workers and global leaders around the world, so we can LISTEN TO HEALTH WORKERS.
A Special International Women's Day Event hosted by WHO
"Women Leaders in the Health and Care Workforce"
The 2021 theme for International Women’s Day is “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. Women in Global Health will be joining an event hosted by WHO's featuring Dr. Tedros Adhanom, WHO Director-General, and other global leaders alongside WGH Chapter members. The event will celebrate women leaders in health and care during the International Year of Health and Care Workers and highlight the importance of women in the response to COVID-19 while providing an opportunity to connect our WGH Chapters from around the world to WHO and other multilateral and government leaders to action change and drive policy in their countries.
Tune in for a special announcement from WHO and WGH at the event!
Speakers will include:
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Dr Tedros Adhanom, Director-General, WHO
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Ms Delphine O, Ambassador and the Secretary-General, UN Women's Global Forum
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Professor Address Malata, Vice-Chancellor of the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST); Patron WGH Malawi
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Anita Bhatia, Deputy Director, UN Women
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Jim Campbell, Director Health Workforce, WHO
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Dr Agnes Buzyn, Director-General Envoy for Multilateral Affairs, WHO
Join the event on March 8th from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM CET/ 3:30 AM - 4:30 AM ET. The event will be held in English, French, and Spanish!
We attend and hold online events as well as participate in several international conferences every year, in all corners of the world. Look below to see where we will be next! If you're going to be attending the same event, let us know by! We would love to know you are there and would be thrilled to connect with you!
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Women in Global Health at the 72nd World Health Assembly
Each May, senior health officials, heads of health organizations, and health professionals from all over the world arrive in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the eight days of the World Health Assembly (WHA). The Women in Global Health delegation will be in attendance, and will be live-tweeting throughout the week. Come find us at an even or follow along using the hashtag #womeninGH and #WHA72 together, as we'll be tracking your inputs, comments, and contributions.
May 20-28
Geneva, Switzerland
PAST EVENTS
'Delivered by Women, Led by Men'
A launch of a new report, ‘Delivered by Women, Led by Men: A Gender and Equity Analysis of the Global Health Workforce, a synthesis of the evidence on gender in the health workforce, co-produced by WHO and Women in Global Health. This event is to be held as side event to the 63rd Commission on the Status of Women Side Event and will be held Wednesday 20 March 2019, 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM, Conference Room 11, UN Headquarters, New York.
IARC International Women’s Day Symposium 2019
To mark International Women’s Day, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) will celebrate women’s contributions to science and support the role of women in science by hosting the IARC International Women’s Day Symposium 2019: A Step Forward on 8 March starting at 13:20 Lyon time.
Women in Global Health
Africa Regional Hub
Chapter Launch
Women in Global Health will be launching the WGH Africa Regional Chapter in partnership with AMREF Health Africa.
Amref Health Africa as the Women in Global Health Regional Chapter provides a platform for discussions and a collaborative space for leadership; facilitates specific education and training; garners support and commitment from the regional community; and demands change for gender transformative leadership within Africa.
March 20th
10:00-11:15 AM EST
NYC, USA
March 8th
13:20-17:00 CET
Lyon, France
March 7th
13:15-15:00 GMT
Kigali, Rwanda
UHC2030's
'Partnership matters'
Side Event
Women in Global Health will be attending this side event and will be admitted, with other new signatories to the UHC2030 Global Compact, as a member of the UHC2030 global partnership. The side event organized by the Government of Indonesia and co-sponsored by Mexico, Republic of Korea, Turkey, Australia (MIKTA), Ghana and Maldives will take place in the Palais des Nations.
Informal Consultation on WHO Gender Strategy
Informal Consultation on WHO Gender Strategy, hosted by the World Health Organization, in collaboration with Women in Global Health
May 26th
12:30 - 2:30 PM CET
Geneva, Switzerland
May 23rd
6:00 - 7:30 PM CET
Geneva, Switzerland
May 23rd
1:00 - 2:30 PM CET
Geneva, Switzerland
WHO's Engagement with Civil Society
Women in Global Health, as a member of the WHO-CSO Task Team, will be participating in this event 'WHO's Engagement with Civil Society: Taking Civil Society Engagement to New Heights' on May 22, 18:00-19:30 in Room IX, Palais des Nations.
Women in Global Health Meet & Greet at the World Health Assembly
The Women in Global Health Delegation will be hosting a Meet & Greet session in the Serpentine Bar in the Palais des Nations on Tuesday, May 22nd at 2:30 PM CET. Come learn more about Women in Global Health, our activities, and how you can engage in our mission!
WHO Technical briefing on primary health care
Christine Mbodze Mataza, Nurse in charge, Kilifi County, Kenya and Heroine of Health will be speaking at this briefing in Salle XII in Palais des Nations. The technical briefing will review lessons learnt on the implementation of primary health care over these past four decades. This will inform the future implementation of primary health care toward universal health coverage in our globalized world.
Heroines of Health:
Celebrating Women in Global Health
Women in Global Health and GE are proud to host the 2018 'Heroines of Health: Celebrating Women in Global Health' Gala Awards Dinner. During this event, 9 Heroines of Health will be presented with an award for leadership in their communities.
By invitation only.
Heroines will be celebrated throughout the week on our social media channels.
May 23rd
6:00 - 7.30 PM CET
Geneva, Switzerland
May 22nd
2:30 - 3:30 PM CET
Serpentine Bar
May 22nd
12:30 - 2:00 PM CET
Geneva, Switzerland
May 20th
6:00 - 9:30 PM CET
Geneva, Switzerland
Walk the Talk: The Health for All Challenge
The Women in Global Health Delegation will be joining the free walk/run event, titled Walk the Talk: The Health for All Challenge, that will be held over three distances (short 3 kilometres, medium 5 kilometres and long 8 kilometres). Meet at the Broken Chair outside the Palais des Nations and walk with our team!
#SafeSurgery4Women Twitter Chat
Join this #SafeSurgery4Women Twitter Chat that unites global surgery advocates with women’s health advocates to tell the full story of health/global surgery as tool for health, gender parity and women’s advancement.
#GlobalHealthWomen Twitter Chat
Ahead of the World Health Assembly, Devex is convening a panel of experts and organizations to discuss why —and how — global health organizations should work towards more gender-equal leadership. Women in Global Health is proud to partner with Devex and Global Health Council to bring you this online discussion. Join the conversation using #GlobalHealthWomen.
May 20th
9:45 AM - 1.00 PM CET
Geneva, Switzerland
May 19th
12:00 - 1:00 PM CET
Geneva, Switzerland
May 17th
11:30 AM EST
Online
May 17th
10:00 AM EST
Online
SwitchPoint Conference 2018, an IntraHealth Production
Director Roopa Dhatt spoke at several sessions at SwitchPoint, a conference about creativity, partnership, and action. It’s where humanitarian innovation, global health, and technology collide.
United Nations Commission
on the Status of Women
"Investing in the rural health workers for the economic participation and empowerment of rural women and girls."
A joint Commission on the Status of Women side-event of the World Health Organization, International Labour Organization, Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations and Women in Global Health.
9th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference
Women in Global Health will be attending the 9th Annual CUGH Conference 'Health Disparities: A Time for Action' and holding a meeting for the group we Chair: Increasing Women’s Leadership in Academic Global Health Working Group. Room TBD.
April 26th - 27th
Saxapahaw, USA
March 13th
11:20AM - 12:45PM EST
New York, USA
March 16th
1:30 - 2:30PM EST
New York, USA
March 21st
4:00 - 6.30PM EST
Washington, DC., USA
Brown Bag: Global Fund and Advancing Gender Equality
Women in Global Health attend a Global Fund event to discuss gender equality in global health leadership.
'Women's leadership in global health' Graduate Institute Strategy Roundtable #4
December 8th
11:00-12:15
Washington, USA
November 30th
12:15-13:30
Geneva, Switzerland
November 29th
10:00-13:00
Geneva, Switzerland
Women in Global Health and the Global Health Center at the Graduate Institute continue their roundtable meetings to further gender equailty in global health leadership.
4th Global Forum on Human Resources for Health Event
Women in Global Health has partnered with Research in Gender and Ethics (RinGs) for this Meet & Greet mingle, all are welcome!
Held at the Clayton Hotel Ballsbridge, Merrion Rd, Dublin 4, D04 NX33, Ireland.
4th Global Forum on Human Resources for Health Workshop
Dr. Kelly Thompson, Gender Specialist with Women in Global Health, will be joining Mary Manandhar of the World Health Organization and Dr. Sarah Gammage of the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) on this Lunch Session titled Women on the move: migration, care work and health.
Held in Landsdowne.
November 16th
7.00 - 9.00PM GMT
Clayton Hotel Ballsbridge
November 16th
12:15 - 1:30PM GMT
Dublin, Ireland
November 16th
10.30AM - 12.00PM GMT
Dublin, Ireland
November 16th
10.30 - 12.00PM GMT
Dublin, Ireland
November 14th
9.00 - 10.00AM GMT
Dublin, Ireland
November 13th
7.15 - 9.00PM GMT
Dublin, Ireland
November 13th
11.00 - 12.30PM GMT
Dublin, Ireland
American Public Health Association (APHA) Conference Panel
Women in Global Health and the American Public Health Association have partnered together for this session titled 'The Rollback of Sexual and Reproductive Rights' that will discuss the global gage rule. what effects the new policies have in the US and the world and what role leadership has in aid.
American Public Health Association (APHA) Conference Panel
Women in Global Health and the American Public Health Association have partnered together for this session titled 'Women in Politics, Why it Matters for Public Health', highlighting why and how women in public health should engage with politics.
American Public Health Association (APHA) Conference Panel
Women in Global Health and the American Public Health Association have partnered together for this 'career focused’ panel titled 'Women in Global Health: Sharing our Stories', designed to share real life experiential stories of women on the front lines of global health.
November 7th
14:30 - 16:00PM EST
Atlanta, USA
November 7th
12.30 - 14.00PM EST
Atlanta, USA
November 7th
10.30AM - 12.00PM EST
Atlanta, USA
November 3rd
9.40 - 10.40AM CET
Stockholm, Sweden
October 16th
12.45 - 1.45PM CET
Berlin, Germany
October 15th
10.00 - 11.30AM
Berlin, Germany
Women Leaders in Global Health Conference
Watch the live-stream of this inaugural Women Leaders in Global Health Conference at wlghconference.org or follow the highlights using #WLGH17 on twitter.
