From Malaria Prevention to Postpartum Family Planning, Midwives Are Changing the Story for Women in Rural Senegal
These health workers tell us what it looks like in practice.
For Women and Children in Rural Tajikistan, Health Volunteers Are a Crucial Link to Care
They're perfectly positioned to help find the families most in need.
Four Women behind Tanzania’s Fight to End AIDS
They're working to prevent HIV in two of the country’s hardest-to-reach areas.
This Nigerien Med Student Has a Plan to Tackle Family Planning Taboo
She's working with young religious leaders to revolutionize sex ed in Niger.
In Afghanistan, Women Step Up to Fill Need for Frontline Health Workers
Female clients often want care from female health workers, but they're in short supply.
Senegal’s New Roadmap for a Gender Transformative Human Resource Management Policy
The country is taking steps to change the working lives of health workers—particularly women.
In Rural Uganda, One Trans Woman Fights for HIV Care for All
She knows from experience that health workers can either push LGBTI clients away from the care they need—or draw them to it.
How Do Attacks on Health Care Affect Women?
When hospitals or clinics are attacked, women often become targets. But what do we know about the real impact on their health and well-being?
Women on the Rise in Global Health: Q&A with a Malian Trailblazer
How can more women rise to leadership positions in global health and beyond? Hawa Diallo has some ideas.
This Teacher and Survivor is on a Mission to End Gender-Based Violence
Sylvia is helping young people protect themselves from violence, access health services, and stay in school.