Gender Equity Hub Launch under Global Health Workforce Network - collaboration between World Health
At the 4th Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, Women in Global Health and the World Health Organization partnered together to launch the Gender Equity Hub under the Global Health Workforce Network.
The ILO-OECD-WHO Working for Health five-year action plan identified the (1) development of gender-transformative global policy guidance and (2) support to build implementation capacity to overcome gender biases and inequalities in the education and health labour market as two key deliverables to maximize women’s economic participation and empowerment.
This session convened the first consultative discussion towards the development of a Gender Equity Hub under the umbrella of the Global Health Workforce Network. Attendees participated in this session by walking through a series of questions with facilitators Roopa Dhatt (Executive Director, Women in Global Health) and Tana Wuliji (Technical Officer, World Health Organization):
What are we trying to achieve?
Who’s doing what in this area? Who needs to be engaged?
How do we go about it? (Best Practices)
Other, Bank Topics
KEY MESSAGES:
What are we trying to achieve?
Achieve equity of pay regardless of gender
Engage Men in leadership positions, getting women into key leadership positions
Diversity (in gender, profession, backgrounds) and in Policies in Solutions
Data on gender in our organizations, in-ward, the impact of women on board/positions
Redefining gender roles, who does what & why, shifting rolls (Patrick) equal representation in management and leadership positions
Shifting power dynamics
Who’s doing what in this area? Who needs to be engaged?
Other sectors
Engaging the research community
Private sector
Health worker unions
Regulatory bodies - professionals councils
Civil society working on women and children’s issues
Academia
How do we go about it? (Best Practices)
Mapping, Data, Evidence - Research
Score card with recommendations , multiple levels
Life histories - methods
Access to training
Job mobility
Advocacy/policy
Men champions
Case studies - healthy leadership practices, qualitative, social issues
Strengthening unions, health system engagement in unions
Deputy Secretary from Ministry of Health will be there – opportunity to speak with him
Need for guidance from WHO on this
Other/Bank topics:
Why we can’t achieve?
Barriers
Cost time, paternity leave
Good practices/policies
visibility/recognition - role models
Intersectionality
Nuances are context specific
Main objectives of the Gender Equity Hub (GEH):
To develop the objectives and prioritize key deliverables of the Gender Equity Hub
To identify key stakeholders and map existing initiatives and programmes of relevance
To discuss next steps towards the establishment of the Gender Equity Hub
