The Global Health 50/50 Report 2018

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The Global Health 50/50 Report 2018 compares data from 140 organizations around the world that work or influence health in terms of gender equality. The report shows how strongly the organizationssee gender as a condition factor for health and as an indicator of equality in the organization itself. The report shows, among other things, that the decision-making power is still predominantly in the hands of men and that the needs of people with non-binary gender identity are hardly recognized.

The report was presented to the public on International Women's Day 2018 by the global, independent gender equality initiative Global Health 50/50 . Global Health 50/50 derived a number of demands from the results, which are intended to direct more attention than before to this topic and to achieve equality in the organizations.

Originator

The report was presented to the public by the Global Health 50/50 initiative on International Women's Day 2018. The initiative was founded on October 12, 2017 at the conference of Women Leaders in Global Health at Stanford University . It is a global, independent gender equality initiative . Its aim is to increase the commitment and responsibility for equality in the global health system. So they want to contribute to the goals of sustainable development of the United Nations afford. The initiative was founded to find answers to a single question: How can we achieve more equality in global health faster? On the basis of the data collected, those responsible want to advocate this and advocate transparency in accountability. Their work is based on the belief that progress is both possible and necessary.

The initiative is led by Sarah Hawkes and Kent Buse . Sarah Hawkes is Professor of Global Public Health at University College London and heads the Center for Gender and Global Health , and Kent Buse is Chief of Strategic Policy Directions at UNAIDS . The Advisory Board is an informal group whose members lead the initiative and act as its ambassadors. This international body includes, for example, the former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark , the former Health Minister of Botswana and UNAIDS Regional Director Sheila Tlou and the New Zealander Jan Beagle , Under-Secretary-General for Management of the United Nations .

Characteristics

In the Global Health 50/50 report , data from 140 well-known health organizations around the world, for example sub-organizations of the United Nations , were evaluated for the first time on seven areas related to equality between women and men. This is publicly available content that has been compared in contact with the organizations.

Data was collected from seven areas:

  • Public commitment to a gender equality policy
  • Anchoring a gender equality policy
  • Collection and documentation of gender-separated data in your projects
  • Equality between men and women when filling positions in senior management and on executive boards
  • Gender of the head of the organization and gender of the head of the governing body.

Results (selection)

The Federal German Society for International Cooperation took one of the top places in the study, and UNICEF also did very well. Top performers like the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria show that equality between women and men in health is possible. Rapid progress at WHO shows that whether women get into leadership positions depends on political will.

  • Only 40% mention gender in their programs and strategy documents.
  • The decision-making power remains in the hands of men: 69% of the organizations have male chairmen and only 24% have an equal number of women and men on the board .
  • Only about 10% of organizations recognize the needs of people with non-binary gender identity , and only one organization reported data on trans people
  • Many organizations have been extensively devoted to the health of pregnant women and maternal women. This would not do justice to the fact that women are a disadvantaged group and should be examined regardless of their motherhood role.

Global Health 50/50 conclusions from the report (selection)

  • Gender equality must be on the agenda at health organization executive meetings.
  • Organizations should implement measures necessary to achieve gender equality.
  • Gender characteristics should be collected when evaluating and approving new programs and initiatives.
  • A zero tolerance limit is to be introduced and established for sexual harassment.
  • To achieve gender equitable filling of the posts in higher management and in the executive bodies, time-bound goals should be set.
  • Studies comparable to those in the Global Health 50/50 report should be carried out in all areas.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Global Health 50/50: a new gender equality initiative for global health. In: internationalhealthpolicies.org. Retrieved May 20, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Global Health 50/50 [1] In: www.globalhealth5050.org, accessed on May 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ Our rationale - Global Health 50/50. In: globalhealth5050.org. Retrieved May 20, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Press release from Global Health 50/50 on the presentation of the report 'Gender blind after all this time': Few global health organizations promoting gender-responsive actions within their own institutions (PDF file)
  6. ↑ GIZ: Health! Liberia relies on highly qualified women. [www.giz.de/de/mediathek/64385.html], April 22, 2018, accessed on May 21, 2018.
  7. ↑ Berit Uhlmann: "Men determine the health of the world". In: sueddeutsche.de . March 8, 2018, accessed May 21, 2018 .
  8. ↑ a b Global Health 50/50: towards gender-responsive actions in global health. In: www.graduateinstitute.ch. March 27, 2018, accessed May 2, 2018 .
  9. ^ A b Sana Contractor, Sara Van Belle: Getting Serious About Gender Equality: Reflections on the Global Health 50/50 report. In: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org. March 8, 2018, accessed May 21, 2018 .