Sarah Hawkes

Our @thelancet.bsky.social Commission report on #GenderAndGlobalHealth has launched!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 to >100 people who contributed to 5year global project to identify actions & strategies for achieving #genderjustice and #healthequity

Needed now more than ever

t.ly/itvnt

🏷️ @femupheave.bsky.social, @jocalynclark.bsky.social

Gender and global health: going, going, but not gone When we, as Commissioners or authors, set out to gather, analyse, interrogate, and consolidate diverse bodies of evidence for the report of the Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health,1 we were ...

🗨️ “It will be a long haul, as it has always been. But the costs of inaction on gender justice and health are increasingly devastating.”

In a linked Comment, Commissioners highlight the urgent need to defend gender justice as terms like “gender” & “equity” face increasing threats. hubs.li/Q03g4LHg0

Infographic panel for the Lancet Commission on gender and global health, outlining the benefits of a gender justice approach to health and obstacles impeding progress.

💡 What does gender justice look like?

Gender justice refers to the fair treatment & equitable opportunities for individuals of all genders, aiming to reduce discrimination & promote equality in social, economic & political spheres.

An infographic outlining key recommendations from the Lancet Commission on gender and global health. In the corner, a statue representing justice is being built up by a community, block by block.

The Commission advocates:
💰 Establishing innovative ways to finance gender justice in global health
💻 Creating a platform that collects monitoring data about gender justice in global health
✍️ Determining the need for an intl. legal definition of gender to create a guardrail that protects gender

Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet Commission on gender and global health Achieving gender justice in global health—which we define as encompassing the realisation of universal rights in relation to health equity and gender equality, while also addressing the drivers of gen...

🌍✨ The pursuit of #GenderJustice in global health is not simply an aspiration—it’s a necessity for 📈 health outcomes & addressing inequities.

Explore the intricate relationship between gender & health, obstacles to progress & key recommendations in a new Lancet Commission ➡️ hubs.li/Q03g3_-n0

A promotional graphic for This is Gender: Gender & Disability Open Call. The design features a grid of diverse visual media, including photographs and artwork depicting individuals across different ages, genders, geographies, and abilities. A muted rainbow stripe frames a grey text overlay in the bottom left corner of the graphic representing the Disability Pride Flag. The text reads: "This is Gender: Gender & Disability Open Call 2025." Logos for Global Health 50/50, CREA, and Rising Flame appear in the top right corner of the graphic, overlaid on the image collage.

The open call is now live! 🌟

Be part of a global creative movement to confront stereotypes and shift perspectives, by sharing how you feel, see and understand the relationship between gender and disability.

Learn more: bit.ly/TIG-Gender-Disability

#ThisIsGender #GH5050 #opencall #visualart

#Trump’s withdrawal from @who.int was widely anticipated & criticised for damage it will cause. It serves as a wake-up call for the importance of multilateralism in the face of American unilateralism. In our @bmj.com piece, we outline actions to address the crisis
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

First post here: my wonderful #globalhealth5050 colleagues have decorated our office Xmas🎄 with pic of my all-time heroine Nawal el Saadawi - a woman who epitomised feminine upheaval 💜💜💜💜

On #UHCDay & beyond we need competent leaders who can:

Enable transformational change
Have courage embracing differences
Navigate the stormy waters ahead for #GlobalHealth

But there's a problem.

We discuss that problem & 5 key actions in @bmj.com

www.bmj.com/content/387/...