Her Turn: Women’s Leadership and Diplomacy for Gender-Responsive Global Health

Women represent the majority of the global health workforce, yet they remain underrepresented in leadership and decision-making spaces where global health priorities are shaped. This inequity affects the formulation of policies that are responsive to women’s needs across the life cycle.

Multilateral diplomacy is essential to advancing equitable health systems, mobilizing resources, and ensuring that global health agendas integrate gender-responsive policies. By strengthening women’s leadership in diplomatic and multilateral spaces—such as the WHO, UN processes, and global partnerships—policy decisions can better reflect the perspectives and experiences of women worldwide.

This WHA side event will bring together senior leaders and emerging voices to explore how diplomacy can amplify women’s leadership, drive gender-responsive global health policies, and engage the next generation of leaders to influence global health governance.

Objectives

• Highlight the role of women’s leadership in shaping equitable global health policy and governance.
• Explore how diplomacy and multilateral engagement can accelerate the adoption of gender-responsive policies.
• Showcase examples of successful leadership and advocacy for women’s health across different global health platforms.
• Inspire and empower emerging leaders to engage in global health diplomacy and policy-making.

Speakers:

• Dr. Flavia Bustreo, GWL Voices member and part of the PMNCH Governance and Ethics Committee
• Ms. Helen Clark, GWL Voices member, PMNCH member
• Mr. Rajat Khosla, PMNCH executive director
• Dr. Revati Phalkey, Director of the United Nations University Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH)
• Dr. Magda Róbalo, President of Women in Global Health
• Ms. Clara Cabrera Brasero, Deputy Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations in Geneva
• Katherine Urbaez – Health Diplomacy Alliance (moderator)

This is an in-person event, and to attend you must register to attend.

For more information, please visit www.gwlvoices.org