Gender Equity

by Dr. Eros Tsegaye, MD MPH - GEIGS Advocacy Member The Early Stage of the Motherhood Penalty She had done everything right. The day began as it always did. At a busy university teaching hospital in Africa, after the early-morning session with the resident doctors, she walked back to her office. She hung her white coat on the coat rack by the door, wiped her desk with a soft cloth, and opened her laptop. Emails waited, documents needed signatures, and the quiet rhythm of the day began again....

Three Stories Out of the Unheard Millions, by Eman Jawed (Advocacy Council Member) In surgical corridors around the world, there is a kind of work that never appears on an operative note or a training logbook. It does not get counted in publications, nor does it fit into the tidy boxes of “service” or “education.” It is invisible, emotional, physical, moral , and overwhelmingly carried by women . It is the labour that keeps global surgery running, even when it breaks the women who provide...

By Ala Nazir, DEJ lead 2025-26 In global health spaces, we are taught ‘ Think Global, Act Local .’ It sounds right. It reminds us that meaningful impact begins at home. When I first learned how prevalent female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is in other countries, my instinct was to check my own region. My local . What I found unsettled me. Not only because it was present, but because it was present in a way that was almost designed to evade attention. Hidden in plain sight. Written in...