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We sat down with Edith B Milanzi from FemAnalytica to learn more about their six month project to investigate the health related gender-specific challenges and impacts faced by survivors of Cyclone Freddy through interviews, surveys and focus group discussions. Their project was recently awarded one of our small grants for work focused on research, advocacy […]
You’re invited to our March Gender and Public Health Emergencies Working Group webinar!
Join us for the Gender and Public Health Emergencies Working Group webinar, taking place this March, with exciting speakers! All members welcome! Wednesday, 13 March 2024 • 3pm GMT/ 4pm WAT/ 10am EST Come and hear from our presenters, discussing issues related to gender and public health emergencies, ask questions, and meet others working in […]
Gender and Public Health Emergencies: Introducing our new grant awardees!
We are pleased to introduce the five projects that have been awarded small grants for their work focused on research, advocacy and programmatic interventions related to gender and public health emergencies. Launched late last year the GPHE working group scheme supports organisations working on aspects of gender and public health emergencies, with a focus on […]
You’re invited to our December Gender and Public Health Emergencies Working Group webinar!
Join us for the December Gender and Public Health Emergencies Working Group webinar, taking place this December, with exciting speakers! Friday, 15 December 2023 3pm GMT/ 4pm CET/ 10am EST All members welcome at the next Working Group Webinar, taking place in December! Come and hear from our presenters, discussing issues related to gender and […]
Lessons in Care – learning from women on the frontlines of pandemic response
By Julia Smith At last month’s UN High Level Meeting on Pandemic Preparedness, Marie-Claire Wangari from Women in Global Health noted, “Women have put their lives on the line to save us during the pandemic. We will not ask them now to return to gender inequality and business as usual.” During 2020 and 2021, while conducting research […]
Come along to the Gender and Public Health Emergencies Working Group webinar!
27 October 2023 3pm BST/ 2pm GMT/ 10am EDT/ 4pm CEST All members welcome at the next Working Group Webinar! Our presentations this month include: Details of how to join the webinar will be circulated on the google list. If you would like to sign up to receive this information and to join the Working […]
Announcement: Working Group Coordinator for the Gender and Public Health Emergencies Working Group
We are excited to announce an opportunity to join the Gender and Public Health Emergencies Working Group (formally the Gender and COVID-19 Working Group) as a Working Group Coordinator. This role will support the ongoing success of the Working Group by planning meetings, building relationships with members, managing the list-serve, overseeing awards, and seeking additional […]
Action is required
Gender and COVID-19 Working Group Call to Action was birthed in a collaborative process. Subsequently, organizers of the conference organized a webinar, ‘A Call to Action: Gender and COVID-19 Working Group’ to discuss it with a wider group of people. The speakers of the webinar focused on the actions needed to implement change in different […]
“Women’s Work” and Wellbeing: Experiences from the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Response
Dr. Julia Smith & Alice Murage discuss the experiences of female essential workers and how to better value women’s work and wellbeing. Date and time Thu, December 9, 2021 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM GMT ABOUT THE TALK Women in Canada and around the world have been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, as […]
Progress for women is progress for all
At the launch of the UN Women Beyond COVID-19: A feminist plan for sustainability and social justice we heard from an esteemed panel that brought perspectives, rich knowledge and experience on the core areas covered in the document. Lynda Keeru of Pamoja Communications reports back. Hakima Abbas kicked off the ‘Beyond COVID-19: A Feminist Plan for […]