NTRODUCTION
How can global health-related initiatives tackle gender inequality?
Gender equality is fundamental to fulfill everyone’s right to the highest attainable standard of health and is a key driver of the Sustainable Development Goals. The pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in social, political and economic systems and exacerbated a myriad of gender inequalities, which have further amplified the impacts of the pandemic. COVID-19 has increased women’s exposure to violence in their homes even as access to services and their availability has decreased. The pandemic has also highlighted the critical importance of health and care workers, the majority of whom are women.
Examining how gender inequalities have been further amplified by the impacts of the pandemic, this webinar discussed gender-transformative strategies in the COVID-19 recovery and beyond. Speakers notably highlighted the critical importance of health and care workers, the majority of whom are women, to global health security.
AGENDA
OPENING REMARKS
Hon. Mr. Franz Fayot, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Luxembourg
Ms. Andrea Palm, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States of America
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization
GENDER EQUAL HEALTH AND CARE WORKFORCE INITIATIVE
Ambassador Stephanie Seydoux, Ambassador for Global Health, France
Hon. Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete, Minister for Health & Medical Services, Fiji
Dr. Roopa Dhatt, Executive Director, Women in Global Health
Dr. Daraiya Alsimbilaya Idriss, Health Worker from Chad
ACCELERATE
Ms. Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director of Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women
Ms. Karen Nakawala, Founder of the Teal Sisters Foundation, cervical cancer survivor
SCALE UP
Dr. Anuradha Gupta, Deputy CEO of Gavi
Ms. Jennifer E Jones, President-Elect 2022-2023, Rotary International
Ms. Maria Holtsberg, Regional Humanitarian Advisor, Asia-Pacific Regional Office, UN Women
Moderated by Dr. Nothemba Simelela, Assistant Director-General, Special Advisor to the Director-General, Strategic Priorities, World Health Organizatio
Watch the webinar HERE.
