[3] It is the largest community of its kind, with 40 chapters worldwide, working to put the power into the hands women of all backgrounds to create real change across the health sector.
In an interview for Forbes magazine in 2022, Dhatt remarked: “I approach this at both a systems and a personal level, focusing my energy on changing the systems that generate inequity and on a personal level, creating opportunities for authentic voices from the Global South in everything I do.” Women are form around 70% of the health workers but only 25% of senior roles.
[14] Some of the world's poorest women and girls are effectively subsidizing health systems and missing out on opportunities to enter education and the formal labor market.
The rapid onset and scale of COVID-19 led to shortages of PPE in most countries, causing preventable infection and mortality among healthcare workers and others on the front lines.
Highlights of the partnership include: Women in Global Health currently has 40 chapters established in 36 countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Cote D' Ivoire, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Guinea, India, Ireland, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Uganda, UK, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe.