GlobeScan SDG Leadership Forum 3: Good Health and Well-Being

Capacity Building and Empowering Women in the Healthcare Workforce

Session 1

Mar 28 '18 7:55am–Mar 28 '18, 10:05am GMT

Featuring Femke De Man, Ian Walker, Katja Iversen, Sally Pairman, Sushanty , Sharon Brownie, Mariella Castillo, Evanson Githinji Gitahi, Friday Nwaigwe and Erika Willacy

Topics

• The first part of the conversation focused on Capacity building for frontline healthcare workers, exploring tactics and best practice solutions to grow, train and support frontline healthcare workers globally.

• The second part of the conversation focused on Empowering women in the healthcare workforce, exploring solutions to some of the barriers faced by female healthcare workers and what investments can have the most benefit to health systems overall.

Gayle Chong

GlobeScan

Mar 28 '18, 10:03am · Report

There's another session today at 11AM NY time for those who want to join the second session

Sushanty

Expert

Project Hope Indonesia

Mar 28 '18, 10:03am · Report

Thank you Femke De Man. Thank you everyone.

Dipika Rathod

Capital Employed Consulting ltd

Mar 28 '18, 10:02am · Report

thanks

Greg Campbell

DesignOz

Mar 28 '18, 10:00am · Report

Great discussion all round, look forward to the next one.

Sapruddin Perwira

Project HOPE

Mar 28 '18, 9:59am · Report

thank you. nice discussion

Evanson Githinji Gitahi

Expert

Amref Health Africa

Mar 28 '18, 9:59am · Report

I must share two stories here which are sad but reflect the state of affairs on gender discrimination in Africa:

1. I recently participated in a panel where we were 5 panelists on a Social accountability discussion - 3 men and 2 women. After the panel, the moderator (male) asked the audience to clap for the gentlemen on the panel and when murmurs started that there were also ladies, he pointed out that based on their contributions, they were not women but men! This from a senior consultant in the medical profession ?%&!?! - excuse the expletives but just know I grabbed the mic and told him off!

2. A female doctor was sexually abused by a senior consultant recently and she has refused to report for fear of losing her job and her husband!

Don't even think for a minute that the battle is about to end. Its just starting!!