Announcement

Gender and Health Hub’s Core Working Group (CWG)

The GHH's CWG consists of members with extensive policy and research expertise and plays an important role in shaping the priorities of the Hub.

The Gender and Health Hub’s Core Working Group (CWG) steers, advises and supports the work of the Hub alongside the High-Level Advisory Committee

The CWG, consisting of members with extensive policy and research expertise in advancing gender equality in health, plays a pivotal role in shaping the priorities of the Hub by providing guidance and support on policy engagement strategies, knowledge generation, translation, and dissemination activities, and reviewing the progress of the GHH.

 

The Core Working Group Members 
  • Dr Avni Amin, Technical Officer, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Ms Suki Beavers, Director, Gender Equality, Human Rights and Community Engagement, The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
  • Dr Anna Coates, Gender Equality Advisor, Sexual and Reproductive Health Research, World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Ms Nazneen Damji, Policy Advisor, Gender Equality, HIV, and Health, UN Women
  • Dr Nafissatou Jocelyne Diop, Chief, Gender and Human Rights, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
  • Professor Asha George, Research Chair, Health Systems, Complexity and Social Change, University of the Western Cape (UWC)
  • Dr Michelle Remme, Health Finance Specialist, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
  • Dr Shoubo Rasheed Jalal, Senior Advisor, Gender Equality United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • Professor Pascale Allotey, Director, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH)/Human Reproduction Special Programme (HRP), World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Mandeep Dhaliwal, Director of the HIV and Health Group, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Professor Gita Sen, Professor Emeritus, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore 

 

 

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