In this, the final of three online launch events for the Global Health 50/50 2021 Report: Gender equality: Flying Blind in a time of Crisis, we open the floor for a collaborative discussion exploring what is holding the sector back from more radical change.

Every year, Global Health 50/50 shines a light on whether and how organisations are playing their part to address two interlinked dimensions of inequality: inequality of opportunity in career pathways inside organisations and inequality in who benefits from the global health system.

Now, after four years of collecting and analysing robust evidence summarised in the Gender and Health Index, we have an increasingly clear picture of where progress is being made and where it is not. In a year of global upheaval and an ever-more challenging global landscape, an even stronger response to tackling inequalities and health inequities will be needed if we want to see the benefits of sector-wide progress on gender equality and health equity.

About the Event

Join us on 15 April at 14:00 GMT for the third and final event in our series, where our panel of speakers from different positions in the global health system will debate the roadblocks they believe are preventing organisations from progressing and the lessons that can be learnt from other movements and sectors to take our shared agendas forward.

The interactive online event will involve a short presentation of the report findings, a panel discussion and ample opportunity to share your thoughts and perspectives on the issue flagged in our report.

The event will be live-streamed via this link, so join us from across the globe and let us know your thoughts using #GH5050 #flyingblind.

The list of participants will be announced shortly

About the Series

The Global Health 50/50 Report, now in its fourth year, reviews the gender-related policies and practices of 201 organisations aiming to promote health and/or influence global health policy. The sample covers organisations from 10 sectors, headquartered in 37 countries which, together, employ over 4.5 million people.

The Report reviews organisational performance across a series of variables, providing four years of robust evidence summarised in the Gender and Health Index. The Index provides the world’s most comprehensive birds-eye view of how gender, and other inequalities, are being addressed in the sector, and four years on gives an increasingly clear picture of where progress is being made and where it is not, and how organisations are using these findings to drive change.

About Global Health 50/50

Global Health 50/50 is a world-leading independent, evidence-driven initiative to advance action and accountability for gender equality in global health. The initiative, housed at University College London, brings together leading feminists, doctors, academics, former world-leaders, policy and political experts from all corners of the world to catalyse change for gender equality. We are the home of the world’s most comprehensive Index and report on the state of gender equality in global health, as well as the leading global tracker on sex, gender and COVID-19.

Image: Anyone can fly, Jibon Malaker, Horipur, Kushtia, Bangladesh. 2019.

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