Women and Global Health Leadership explores the leadership roles that women hold in global health, teasing out the routes women have taken to leadership, the challenges they have faced, and the factors that have facilitated their journeys. It brings to the fore the stories of women on the frontlines of this struggle from around the world, highlighting and complementing these stories with theoretical and analytical explorations of the structures and systems that help or hinder the process.

It is a must-read for those working in or studying global health, leadership and management, or women’s studies. The book will engage ministers of health, policy-makers, practitioners, academicians, students, researchers, healthcare workers, health service managers, and members of multilateral organizations. By highlighting key barriers and facilitators to women in global health leadership, organizations can use this book to help inform the development of institutional policies and procedures to support women in leadership positions across academic, health workforce, and global health governance systems.

It is a must-read for those working in or studying global health, leadership and management, or women’s studies. The book will engage ministers of health, policy-makers, practitioners, academicians, students, researchers, healthcare workers, health service managers, and members of multilateral organizations. By highlighting key barriers and facilitators to women in global health leadership, organizations can use this book to help inform the development of institutional policies and procedures to support women in leadership positions across the academic, health workforce, and global health governance systems.

Published on 20 February 2022