
Dr. Roopa Dhatt
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Opinion: 'Heroines of health' face risks amid women's rights rollback
over 2 years ago // Women's Rights
The jobs of women health workers — like the 12 being honored as 'Heroines of Health' July 19 in Kigali, Rwanda — are more at risk than ever in the context of a global pushback on women’s rights and rise of so-called family values.
Opinion: We must get women into the ‘control room’ in global health
about 4 years ago // Global health
Here's how to make a radical shift toward gender equality in global health governance.
Opinion: To enable UHC, close COVID-19 testing and gender gaps
over 5 years ago // Focus on: Gender data
COVID-19 has surfaced long standing fault lines in the way health care is provided and managed. Women’s limited access to testing, in particular, threatens to undermine the global goal of universal health coverage, write two global health experts.
Opinion: Global health security depends on women
almost 6 years ago // Global Health
The COVID-19 response needs to be gender-sensitive if it is going to succeed. This op-ed explains how.
Opinion: Challenging international development to get out of its comfort zone on gender equality
almost 6 years ago // #GlobalDevWomen Opinions
Funding in the development sector continues to fail women: too little is changing too slowly, because women do not have an equal role in decision-making, write Dr. Roopa Dhatt and Rachel Firth in this op-ed.
Opinion: There is no road to UHC without gender equality and women's empowerment
about 7 years ago // World Health Organization
Three leaders from Women in Global Health outline five steps that WHO's Executive Board can take during this week's meeting to make progress toward gender equality.
Opinion: A new vision for global health leadership
over 7 years ago // Global Health
Four leading women in global health detail an agenda for gender transformative leadership.
Opinion: Time to let a woman lead the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office
almost 8 years ago // World Health Organization
Ahead of elections for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Women in Global Health experts explore why, after nearly 70 years of male leadership, the office should elect a woman to take the lead.
Opinion: A call to action on gender equality in global health
about 8 years ago // Gender equality
Women in Global Health calls on the WHO and its member states to take bold action to promote gender equality in leadership positions.