Prioritizing gender equity and intersectionality in Canadian global health institutions and partnerships

Bibliographic Data

ID19594741
AuthorsBianca Carducci (0000-0003-3815-3048, Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author), Emily C Keats (0000-0002-1354-7086, Hospital for Sick Children), Michelle Amri (0000-0001-6692-3340, Harvard University), Katrina M Plamondon (0000-0002-2817-0621, University of British Columbia), Jeannie Shoveller (Dalhousie University), Onome Ako, F Gigi Osler (University of Manitoba), Carol Henry, Carol J Henry (0000-0002-5982-2936, University of Saskatchewan), Nitika Pant Pai (0000-0002-4672-0500, McGill University), Erica Di Ruggiero (0000-0002-8935-7908, University of Toronto)
EditorsChoolwe Jacobs (0000-0002-7741-1962)
Year2022
Volume2
Issue10
Pagese0001105
Publication date2022-10-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375
PublisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1371/journal.pgph.0001105
PMID36962606
OpenAlexW4301390463
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited49

Despite governmental efforts to close the gender gap and global calls including Sustainable Development Goal 5 to promote gender equality, the sobering reality is that gender inequities continue to persist in Canadian global health institutions. Moreover, from health to the economy, security to social protection, COVID-19 has exposed and heightened pre-existing inequities, with women, especially marginalized women, being disproportionately impacted. Women, particularly women who face bias along multiple identity dimensions, continue to be at risk of being excluded or delegitimized as participants in the global health workforce and continue to face barriers in career advancement to leadership, management and governance positions in Canada. These inequities have downstream effects on the policies and programmes, including global health efforts intended to support equitable partnerships with colleagues in low- and middle- income countries. We review current institutional gender inequities in Canadian global health research, policy and practice and by extension, our global partnerships. Informed by this review, we offer four priority actions for institutional leaders and managers to gender-transform Canadian global health institutions to accompany both the immediate response and longer-term recovery efforts of COVID-19. In particular, we call for the need for tracking indicators of gender parity within and across our institutions and in global health research (e.g., representation and participation, pay, promotions, training opportunities, unpaid care work), accountability and progressive action

Accountability · Economic growth · Economics · Global health · Health care · Health equity · Political science · Public relations · Workforce · Diversity and Career in Medicine · Healthcare Systems and Challenges · Sex and Gender in Healthcare