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07 Sep HRH2030 Launches e-Learning Course on Gender Competencies for Family Planning Providers

Posted at 17:00h in Family planning, Gender Competencies (2.3), Global, Global News, News, Women and Gender in Health News

The Human Resources for Health in 2030 Program has launched a new virtual e-Learning course program, Gender Competency for Family Planning Providers. Designed for health workers, policymakers, and program planners at ministries of health and their local partners, as well as others with a...

12 May Listen to Nurses: Applause is Not Enough

Posted at 14:31h in Blog, Global, Global News, News, Women and Gender in Health News

When the global health community observed World Health Worker Week last month, the theme was “Listen to Health Workers.” And listen we did, through a month-long video testimonial campaign launched by Frontline Health Workers Coalition and Human Resources for Health in 2030 (HRH2030), in...

22 Jul Presenting the 2nd Edition Gender Competency Brief for Family Planning Providers

Posted at 21:53h in Gender Competencies (2.3), Global News, News, Women and Gender in Health News

As HRH2030 presents the 2nd edition of the Gender Competency Brief for Family Planning Providers, Communications Manager Catarina Cronquist takes a moment to discuss the brief and learn more about its significance to family planning service provision with Gender Specialist Samantha Law Wilde. ...

05 May Midwives Are Leaders on the Line. Listen to Them.

Posted at 10:18h in Blog, Global, Global News, News, Women and Gender in Health News

On International Day of the Midwife and every day, we urge decision-makers around the world to hear the voices of midwives and other frontline health workers. Their perspectives are invaluable. Their needs and ideas should be heard and acted on....

30 Mar Three Main Takeaways: Testing the Gender Competency Framework in Ethiopia

Posted at 15:57h in Blog, Ethiopia, Ethiopia News, Family planning, Gender Competencies (2.3), News, Women and Gender in Health News

HRH2030 field tested our “Gender Competency Framework for Family Planning Providers” in Ethiopia in March 2020. The team consisted of Samantha Law, HRH2030 gender lead; Andrea Poling, HRH2030 deputy project director; and Meskerem Damene, local gender consultant....

09 Mar Three Questions with Samantha Law: Lifting Up Women in the Name of Health

Posted at 10:05h in Global, Global News, Leadership and governance, Senegal, Senegal News, Women and Gender in Health News, Women in Leadership (3.7)

International Woman’s Day falls on March 8 of each year to celebrate women and commemorate the movement for women’s rights. In our work to build the accessible, available, acceptable, and high-quality health workforce needed to improve health outcomes and advance universal health coverage, HRH2030...

02 Mar Advancing Gender Equality to Accelerate Rural Development in Mali

Posted at 17:48h in Blog, Leadership and governance, Mali, Mali News, Women and Gender in Health News

This year’s theme for International Women’s Day, "I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights" resonates with me as I look at the work of HRH2030 in Mali. Here, the majority of the population lives in rural areas and most of the work we do...

17 Nov What Do Women Want? Clean Toilets in Healthcare Facilities

Posted at 16:11h in Blog, Global, Global News, Mali, News, Women and Gender in Health News

This World Toilet Day, we highlight the essential role of clean and working toilets in expanding access to water, sanitation and hygiene in healthcare facilities, ensuring dignified births and high-quality care for all mothers, babies, and families....

26 Sep Women’s Groups Leading the Way Towards Self-Reliance in Mali

Posted at 12:30h in Blog, Global News, Mali, Mali News, News, Women and Gender in Health News

Rural women’s groups in Mali are proving that community health systems get stronger when national-level interventions are paired with community-level capacity building to make communities self-reliant....

16 Sep Four Takeaways: Testing the Gender Competency Framework in the Philippines

Posted at 13:48h in Blog, Family planning, Gender Competencies (2.3), News, Philippines, Philippines News, Women and Gender in Health News

Around the world, gender norms influence the ability of couples and families to meet their family planning needs. HRH2030 developed the competency framework and technical brief to help service providers better understand what ‘gender sensitive communication’ really means and how to practice gender awareness....

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