Gender equality

Articles related to gender-related barriers and gender equality.

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A member of the Fathers’ Club assesses the nutritional status of a young child in Koukiri. Credit: Edna Fleure

In a Benin village, the Fathers’ Club is redefining family roles for the sake of child health

1 May 2025

5 min read

Students hold up their paperwork after receiving the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) during a vaccination campaign in Sierra Leone in May 2023. Credit: Gavi, Dominique Fofanah

There Can Be No Health Equality Without Gender Equality: Why Vaccines Are Vital to the Future of Africa’s Girls

29 Apr 2025

4 min read

Cross-posts Gender equality Routine immunisation

As a frontline immunisation worker, Irin Taher Piku, 29, bravely faces the challenges of each day, encouraging people to get vaccinated and providing other health information. She hopes to continue working at the grassroots level where people need health workers like her who can explain everything with patience and care. Credit: Gavi/Ashraful Arefin

Health beyond bias: frontline workers tackle prejudice in medical care

8 Apr 2025

7 min read

Zero-dose children Gender equality

HIV-blocking prophylactic antivirals in injectable form. Credit: Unplash, Mufid Majnun

New HIV drug delivery systems are helping tackle gender-based violence

24 Feb 2025

7 min read

HIV Gender equality

The Global Alliance for Women's Health advocates for women’s health in 2025 and beyond thanks to the work of its members. Shutterstock/michaeljung

A new era for women’s health: Uniting global leaders to improve lives and economies in 2025 and beyond

20 Jan 2025

6 min read

Cross-posts Gender equality

Colonel Assa Badiallo TOURE, Mali’s Minister of Health, administers the country’s first HPV vaccine dose. Credit: Aliou Diallo.

Mali rolls out cancer-blocking jab

21 Nov 2024

5 min read

HPV Gender equality

Woman pounding millet in a village in Mali. Photo by: Insights/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Climate change is hitting women the hardest. What to do about it – economists

20 Nov 2024

4 min read

Cross-posts Climate change Gender equality

A female nurse (far left) poses with community members after a discussion on the importance of immunisation. Credit: JSI

From sceptic to advocate: a father’s role in transforming childhood immunisation in Ghana

15 Nov 2024

6 min read

Gender equality Routine immunisation

Investing in women’s health positively impacts economic and social development. Credit: fauxels on Pexels

Global leaders are transforming the conversation on women’s health. Here's how

12 Nov 2024

4 min read

Cross-posts Gender equality

A mother sits with her daughter while a Health Extension Worker prepares the measles vaccine during a routine immunisation session in Ethiopia. Credit: Gavi/2024/Mulugeta Ayene

Study suggests breaking down gender-related barriers will increase access to vaccines

13 Aug 2024

4 min read

Gender equality

Peshawar's transgender community holding a candlelight vigil after a community member was attacked in 2016. Credit: Adeel Saeed

Hospitals in this Pakistan province are designating a special room for trans patients

5 Jul 2024

6 min read

Gender equality

Polio vaccination in Malawi, March24, 2022 Credit: WHO/AFRO

Keeping gender in mind to stop wild polio in southern Africa

18 Jun 2024

3 min read

Polio Gender equality

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