Women and gender in health

03 May Addressing Women’s Leadership in the Health and Social Service Sectors: Learning from Jordan, Senegal, and Madagascar

Posted at 18:48h in Jordan, Jordan Resources, Leadership and governance, Madagascar, Madagascar Resources, Resources, Senegal, Senegal Resources, Technical briefs, Women and gender in health, Women in Leadership (3.7)

In this technical brief, HRH2030 presents the lessons learned about strategies to increase women’s leadership in the health and care sector in Jordan, Senegal, and Madagascar. ...

08 Nov Trends of Women in Leadership in Madagascar’s Health and Social Service Sectors

Posted at 21:21h in Leadership and governance, Madagascar, Reports, Resources, Senegal Resources, Technical briefs, Women and gender in health, Women in Leadership (3.7)

HRH2030 conducted a literature review between December 2018 and May 2019 to identify and describe the interventions and initiatives that countries have used to increase the participation of women in leadership roles....

01 Mar A Compendium of HRH2030 Resources Regarding Gender, Women, and Health

Posted at 21:56h in Gender Competencies (2.3), Global, Global Resources, Women and gender in health, Women in Leadership (3.7)

Over the past six years, HRH2030 has worked in more than 30 countries to bolster the health workforce, improve health outcomes, and advance health for all. We support health workers by implementing activities to enhance productivity and performance; number, skill mix, competencies, and quality;...

30 Sep Rise of Women in Leadership in Senegal’s Health and Social Action Sector

Posted at 13:23h in Leadership and governance, Reports, Resources, Senegal, Senegal Resources, Technical briefs, Women and gender in health, Women in Leadership (3.7)

HRH2030 led a study that developed a sex-disaggregated leadership inventory to determine if female participation in leadership positions in the health and social services sectors increased after public or private sector institutions took specific measures or initiatives. The study also assessed the remaining gender...

21 Jul Applying Gender Competency to the HRH2030 Health Worker Life Cycle

Posted at 19:43h in Family planning, Gender Competencies (2.3), Global, Global Resources, Other, Skill mix and competency, Women and gender in health

In global health, gender competency enables health workers to identify how different norms, social constructs, roles, expectations, power differentials, opportunities, and constraints assigned to women, men, girls, and boys may influence behavior and choices. A gender-competent health worker strives to apply the needed knowledge,...

23 Dec Most-accessed Tools of 2019

Posted at 23:08h in Enhancing Supervision to Optimize Health Outcomes (1.8), Method for Standardized Use of Site-Level HRH Data (1.6), National Health Workforce Accounts (3.3), Tools, Women and gender in health

HRH2030 has developed a range of resources to support health workforce development across the health worker life cycle. Our comprehensive resource library can be found here. Through the links below, you’ll find a collection of our three most-accessed tools and resources from 2019, along...

15 Jul Local Leaders: Untapped Resources for Family Planning

Posted at 14:42h in Family planning, Leadership and Management to Advance FP2020 (3.4), Resources, Technical briefs, Women and gender in health

Although more people than ever before are using family planning services to satisfy their reproductive health intentions, the ambitious global goal of 120 million additional contraceptive users will not be met by 2020. New and different partnerships and strategies are needed to improve...

24 Jun Women Leaders in Health Forum Strategy 2019-2022

Posted at 10:02h in Jordan Resources, Leadership and governance, Performance and productivity, Reports, Skill mix and competency, Strengthening HRH in Jordan, Women and gender in health

Empowering women to advance in healthcare leadership promotes a better response to the health needs of an entire population. HRH2030’s research into women’s leadership roles in Jordan’s health sector brought forth several recommendations including the establishment of a women’s health leadership network—what became the...

22 Apr The Health Sector: A Key Contributor to Women’s Economic and Social Empowerment and Prospering Families and Communities

Posted at 13:49h in Advancing Malawi's Health Workforce, Global Resources, Leadership and governance, Malawi Resources, Presentations, Resources, Videos/Webinars, Women and gender in health, Women in Leadership (3.7)

When women are economically empowered, they re-invest in their families and communities. This creates a ripple effect, increasing economic growth and contributing to global peace and stability. No other sector employs more women than health— 70 percent of the health workforce is made up...

20 Sep 2nd Edition! Defining and Advancing Gender-Competent Family Planning Service Providers: A Competency Framework and Technical Brief

Posted at 17:51h in Family planning, Gender Competencies (2.3), Gender Competencies (2.3), Global, Global Resources, Resources, Skill mix and competency, Technical briefs, Women and gender in health

HRH2030 and USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health developed a global gender-competency framework for family planning service providers to improve gender-awareness in health workers. This second edition includes many updates like examples from Ethiopia and the Philippines....