Choolwe Jacobs, Ph.D., is co-founder and country lead for Women in Global Health, Zambia chapter. She is a public health specialist and social epidemiologist with over 15 years of extensive engagement in global health.
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.
