“It’s a dystopian nightmare.”
That’s what one woman told Devex in response to the news that a man was appointed to be the board chair of Women in Global Health, an international organization aimed at doing quite the opposite — elevating women to positions of influence in global health.
The news that the board appointed Jeffrey Mecaskey as board chair came in the wake of news of the sudden termination last week of Dr. Roopa Dhatt as executive director of the organization. She is a co-founder of the organization and has led it for nine years.
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About the author
Sara Jervingsarajerving
Sara Jerving is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global health. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, VICE News, and Bloomberg News among others. Sara holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Lorana Sullivan fellow. She was a finalist for One World Media's Digital Media Award in 2021; a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2018; and she was part of a VICE News Tonight on HBO team that received an Emmy nomination in 2018. She received the Philip Greer Memorial Award from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2014.
