Each year, the World Health Assembly (WHA) brings together Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) to decide on the WHO’s future trajectory and how decision-makers around the world can work together to tackle the world’s most pressing global health challenges. — During this year’s convening — the Assembly’s 75th — the stakes were higher than ever. Heads of state, ministers of health, and global health leaders came together in-person for the first time in three years to discuss, among other key global health issues, how to strengthen health emergencies preparedness and…

For this year’s Menstrual Hygiene Day, Women Deliver Young Leaders Tanjila Mazumder Drishti of Bangladesh and Eli-Anne Anwi Tembeng of Cameroon came together to share the need for a holistic approach to menstrual health management, even in times of crisis — from increasing access to menstrual health products and education to building gender-sensitive infrastructure and applying a gender and youth lens to health policy and pandemic responses.

This year, women’s rights advocates closely followed the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66). For the first time in 75 years, environmental and climate justice were positioned at the top of the Commission’s agenda. — What was at stake at CSW66? CSW66 was a crucial opportunity to reinforce the role that girls and women play as leaders on climate action, and to solidify global commitments to gender-transformative climate solutions that center the health and rights of girls and women, in all their intersecting identities.

By Isabella Mwangi, Djibril Ousmane Ndong, and Mónica de Pinto Ribeiro Hancke Veuillez trouver la version française ci-dessous. The Deliver for Good (DfG) Campaign is a multilateral partnership that advances the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through coalition-based advocacy for gender equality, primarily at the country-level in Kenya…

For this year’s International Youth Day, Women Deliver Young Leaders Akinyi Osanjo of Kenya and Andrea Paola Hernández of Venezuela came together to share how young disruptors and social innovators are using digital spaces and technology to reinvent digital rights in order to increase accessibility and galvanize advocacy for gender equality. — Human rights and how they are expressed in the world change every time our society changes. Young people are always leading the way where disruption and change is born, so it is no surprise that they are also the ones reinventing and reimaging the world’s digital spaces to drive progress…

Young Leaders From 15 Countries Are Driving Progress on Gender Equality in Their Communities With Support From Women Deliver Small Grants Throughout the past year, on global stages and in communities around the world, young people issued a strong collective call for robust youth engagement and intergenerational co-leadership in order…

Women Deliver shares six top-line reflections at the close of the Generation Equality Forum in Paris. 1. USD 40 Billion Pledged to Advance Gender Equality Over the Next Five Years

Women Deliver shares its hopes and expectations for the upcoming Generation Equality Forum in Paris. By Kathleen Sherwin, Divya Mathew, and Lippi Doshi Over the last 26 years, the world has made tremendous strides in shaping a more gender-equal world. Yet, millions of adolescent girls and women still face barriers…

Women Deliver in partnership with Adolescent Girls Investment Plan (AGIP) — Over the last 25 years, the world has made tremendous strides in shaping a more gender-equal world. Still, millions of adolescent girls and young women face barriers to realizing their health and rights. …