Advocacy Efforts to Promote Gender Equality
Materials and tools
- Health Workers Count campaign and materials
- Health Advocacy Workforce Initiative website and toolkit
- Gender and Media Diversity Centre: English, French, Portuguese
- American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) Advocacy Links
- Global Health Advocacy Briefs
- Gender Equality in Human Resources for Health: What Does This Mean and What Can We Do?
- AFP Advocacy Portfolio
Examples
- Health Workers Count civil society pledge
- Gender Equity Task Force goals
- 20 x 20 Choose Nursing Campaign
- European Union campaign: Break Gender Stereotypes. Give Talent a Chance.
Country Examples
Below are country-specific and global examples of national, regional, or global analyses and/or responses to gender discrimination in the health workforce.
- Argentina, Ghana, India, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, Uganda, United Kingdom: International Development Research Centre’s comparative analysis of tax policy and gender equity, including policy recommendations
- Australia: Queensland Department of Health’s workplace harassment and sexual harassment policy
- Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States: An analysis of labor force surveys for 18 countries with developed economies found that women’s incomes were generally lower than men’s incomes.
- Israel: Equal Pay Act
- Kenya: Chuka University’s code of conduct and ethics policy, which applies to all staff, faculty, and students
- Kenya: An assessment of Kenyan health training institutions found that female nursing faculty are more heavily concentrated in lower-paying positions, even though the nursing workforce is primarily female.
- Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda: Affirmative action admission to universities
- South Africa: Employment Equity Act and related regulations
- South Africa: Child care at the University of Cape Town
- United Kingdom: Flexible training and job sharing
- United States: Lactation rooms at Harvard University
- United States: Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
- Global: International Labour Organization’s review of national legislation on maternity leave
- Global: Global Women’s Leadership Initiative