LONDON — Civil society groups say they will be watching closely as the $1 billion Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents prepares for a leadership shake-up amid a global backlash against sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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From July 1, GFF will no longer have a standalone director at the World Bank. Instead, the multidonor trust fund will be run by the bank’s new global director of health, nutrition, and population, Muhammad Pate, who is a former Nigerian health minister. Monique Vledder will remain manager of the GFF Secretariat, a GFF spokesperson told Devex.
