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Health for All, and Health Above All

Gaunima Manandhar, a registered nurse in Nepal, shares her view on the main challenges facing women in the health workforce in Nepal, how THET is helping to raise the sta...

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Five Questions With…Dr. Amina Jama Mahmud

This month we hear from Dr. Amina Jama Mahmud on why increasing opportunities for women’s leadership is so important and how this can be done in practice....

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#BreakingTheBias to Leave No One Behind

This International Women’s Day (IWD), Ethel Mukosa, THET’s Project Support Officer in Zambia, sheds light on the main challenges facing women....

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Strong, United and Influential: Introducing the Health & Care Women Leaders Network

The network’s mission is to be a strong, united and influential voice for women, embracing the multiple and intersectional identities that the word ‘woman’ speaks to....

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Five Questions With…Allison Burden

We hear from Allison Burden, Programme Director of CARE International and Honorary Advisor for THET, on why forging a more inclusive and equal world is vital....

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Women in Global Health UK Chapter Launch!

The Women in Global Health UK chapter is now up and running – welcome to their first blog!...

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Championing Health Equity Through Women’s Leadership in Ethiopia

Dr Meti shares her views on championing change through women’s leadership and why women's health goes beyond the rights of one individual....

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Five Questions With…Roda Ali Ahmed

Ahead of our 2020 Annual Conference, we caught up with Roda Ali Ahmed, Lecturer at the University of Hargeisa, to hear her perspective on health systems strengthening....

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Female Health Workers and COVID-19: Gender Disparity in a Time of Global Crisis

The COVID-19 global pandemic has highlighted many of our societies’ failings, from the lack of resilience of our economies to the prevalence of misinformation....

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COVID-19: Cementing Support for Women and Girls

The support we have received from the Fraxinus Trust over the past two years has been invaluable to THET, allowing us to strengthen our approach to gender equity....

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Striving for Gender Equity in the Decade of Delivery

In this blog we hear from Jessica Fraser, Grants Officer at THET, on what more needs to be done towards gender equity in health to achieve the SDGs....

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Five Questions With…Michele Barry

We caught up with Dr Michele Barry, Founder of WomenLift Health, to discuss the barriers to women’s participation in global health leadership....

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