Global 50/50

Global 50/50

@global5050.org

Global 50/50 (previously Global Health 50/50) is an independent, evidence-driven initiative to advance action and accountability for gender equality across the global health, justice, and finance sectors. Visit https://global5050.org/

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Justice institutions should reflect the values they defend. The inaugural #GJ5050 report, Gender (In)Justice? analyses #genderequality commitments & policies across 171 #law & #justice orgs — exposing where #power lies & where change is needed. 📊 Read the report & use the evidence: bit.ly/gj5050

“Visibility carries weight.” In our new, exclusive Representation Matters interview, photographer Claire Thomas reflects on visual justice, ethical representation & the responsibilities of images. 🔗 bit.ly/4uCwAuq #RepresentationMatters #ThisIsGender #EthicalPhotography #VisualJustice #Global5050

“In health research and policy, who leads determines whose knowledge counts.” – Catherine Kyobutungi, APHRC Our #ClosingtheGap? report shows that on average women-led orgs have smaller #GenderPayGaps, highlighting how inclusive #leadership drives fairer workplaces. 📊 bit.ly/GPGR25 #GenderJustice

Our latest exhibition, This Is Gender: Photography on the Frontlines of Justice, is now open on the Main Lawn at #Recon2025 ✨ Experience it in person, or witness the full piece here: youtu.be/eA2rWioDmwg #Global5050 #ThinkCREA #ThisIsGender #SocialJustice

More organisations should voluntarily report their #GenderPayGap. Our 2025 report, #ClosingtheGap examines 45 UK-based #GlobalHealth orgs, revealing persistent gaps & showing why transparency matters. 📊 Read the report & take action now: bit.ly/GPGR25 #Global5050 #GenderJustice

Our new #ClosingTheGap report shows that while #genderpaygap reporting in the UK has driven #transparency, most organisations still fail to report on #ethnicity, disability, sexuality, or other intersecting inequalities. ➡️See more findings: bit.ly/GPGR25 #Global5050 #GenderJustice #SocialJustice

Could gender pay gaps be smaller under #WomensLeadership? 💡 Findings from our latest report show orgs led by women CEOs have a smaller median hourly #GenderPayGap on average than those led by men. ➡️ Read #ClosingTheGap to learn more: bit.ly/GPGR25 #Global5050 #GenderJustice #Leadership

On #WorldAIDSDay2025 we join calls for stronger action and support for the global #HIV response. Our #GenderedHealthPathways tool shows where gender shapes HIV journeys and where targeted interventions can improve outcomes for all. ➡️ bit.ly/ExploreGHP #EndAIDS #GenderJustice

Women across our sample of 44 UK-based #GlobalHealth organisations earned 91p for every £1 earned by men in 2024/25 – effectively working for free from 29 Nov 2024 to year-end. 📢 ➡️Our #ClosingtheGap report shows #progress, but more action is needed: bit.ly/GPGR25 #GenderPayGap #GenderJustice

Explore 8 years of #GenderPayGap data with our new interactive dashboards 📊 See how gaps have shifted across 45 UK-based #GlobalHealth organisations from 2017–2024, uncover where progress has been made & identify where action is still needed: bit.ly/GPGData #GenderJustice #Data #SocialJustice

New in @bmj.com: Where women lead, equality follows ✨ It highlights the critical role played by #WomensLeadership in reducing #GenderPayGaps. Mandatory reporting works, but progress must be broader, #intersectional, and backed by #FeministLeadership. Read now: bit.ly/482aM27 #ClosingTheGap

OUT NOW: #ClosingTheGap – our latest report on 45 UK-based organisations in #GlobalHealth. Findings show organisations led by women CEOs have a smaller median hourly #GenderPayGap than those led by men. ➡️ Learn more: bit.ly/GPGR25 #Global5050 #GenderJustice #WomenInLeadership #EqualPayDay

It's time to turn your commitments into #action. 📝Use our Tools for #OrganisationalChange to move from policy to practice and create workplaces that are truly gender-just and #inclusive ➡️ bit.ly/4qTOfvF #GenderJustice #HR #Equity #Inclusion #InclusiveWorkplaces #WorkplacePolicies #SocialJustice

Our latest newsletter is out now 📢 Catch up on our work advancing #genderjustice – from discussing #FeministLeadership on the sidelines of the #WHS2025 to showcasing five years of #ThisisGender in Osaka. 🔗Read it now: bit.ly/4oJRy6S Not subscribed? 📧 Sign up now: bit.ly/4oWDXcx

This #TrusteesWeek, we’re shining a light on the kind of #leadership the world needs more of - principled, data-driven, and grounded in lived experience. 👉Read our interview with Dr Tiantian Chen, the Chair of our Board of Trustees: bit.ly/3WDMTaB #Global5050 #GlobaHealth #Trustees

Strong #workplacepolicies are crucial for embedding #genderjustice, fairness & equity across your organisation. 📑 Use our Workplace Policy Repository to strengthen your policies, benchmark against peers & drive #OrganisationalChange: bit.ly/4qzjyeZ #Accountability #GlobalHealth #HR #Inclusion

Every organisation has a role to play in advancing #GenderJustice, not just those included in our reports. 📝 Use our free Self-Assessment Tool to review your organisation’s policies, benchmark progress & drive equity & #accountability: bit.ly/3KD9ktJ #HoldingTheLine #GlobalHealth #HR

On the fringe of #Expo2025 Osaka, our ‘Photography on the Frontlines of Justice’ exhibition brought together five years of #ThisIsGender images – revealing how gender is lived, challenged, and reimagined across the world. ➡️ Learn more: bit.ly/4nmAGC1 #GenderJustice #GlobalHealth

Our 2025 Global Health 50/50 report #HoldingTheLine reveals a troubling decline in policy commitments to sex-disaggregate data. 📊 Without sex-disaggregated data, gendered inequalities remain invisible – and gender-responsive action becomes challenging: bit.ly/HoldingtheLine #HealthEquity

#Global5050 is heading to Berlin for the World Health Summit 2025 🌍 We’ll be sharing insights from our latest report, Holding the Line, and discussing how to put equity & #genderjustice at the heart of #globalhealth. Attending #WHS2025? We’d love to connect: bit.ly/42xyikm

“ #Contraception is not just about family planning, it is about freedom.” In a recent piece, Poonam Muttreja, calls for a reframing of contraception in India: away from a tool for population control to a pillar of #ReproductiveJustice. Read now: bit.ly/4mSetLV #GenderJustice #HealthEquity

feminisminindia.comContraceptive Choices: The Feminist Faultline Of Women’s Economic FreedomOn World Contraception Day, we must say clearly: contraception is not just about family planning, it is about freedom.

🎤 Don’t miss #ThisIsGender curator Imogen Bakelmun sharing her reflections on the exhibition on Sat 4 Oct, 17:45 JST. Discover the stories behind the images and learn how #photography has the power to reveal inequalities & inspire change. Learn more: bit.ly/46KCChj #Expo2025 #Osaka

Our latest #Global5050 Report - #HoldingtheLine - reveals a decline in public commitments to #genderequality in #globalhealth. Now more than ever, organisations must uphold #genderjustice internally, even when public pressures mount. ➡️ Read now: bit.ly/HoldingtheLine

“When misinformation spreads from the highest office…it’s really dangerous for women’s health, particularly in pregnancy.” — G5050's Prof Sarah Hawkes (@femupheave.bsky.social) in @theguardian.com. Paracetamol is safe in pregnancy. False claims fuel stigma & undermine trust in science.

theguardian.comIs Tylenol the same as paracetamol, is it safe during pregnancy and does it have links to autism?US president’s claims around painkiller also known as Tylenol contradict scientific consensus

As public commitments to #genderequality decline in #globalhealth, internal action matters more than ever. Our new toolkit & redesigned policy repository support organisations to assess, strengthen & embed #equity from within. Explore the tools now: bit.ly/4niDgdb #HoldingTheLine #Global5050

This year’s #GlobalHealth 50/50 report reflects the complexity of the moment: populist politics, funding cuts & policy rollback. Yet many continue to uphold values of #GenderJustice & #equity internally as public commitments shift. ➡️ Read #HoldingTheLine now: bit.ly/HoldingtheLine #Global5050

OUT NOW: #HoldingtheLine 📣 Covering 199 organisations, 37 countries, & 4 million+ employees. Our latest report offers a snapshot of how commitments to #genderequality, #equity and #fairness are changing in the #globalhealth sector. Read now: bit.ly/HoldingtheLine #Global5050 #Accountability #DEI

In Africa, women make up 70% of the #healthworkforce & provide 75% of unpaid care, yet remain under-represented in #leadership. Ndiaye in @bmj.com highlights #accountability as key to change – women’s leadership must be central to achieve #healthequity. 👉 Read the article now: bit.ly/48eA6lI

30 years ago, 189 governments committed to the Beijing Declaration & Platform for Action, the most powerful blueprint for gender equality the world has ever seen. That promise is under pressure. Progress is slowing. In some places, it’s reversing. 📸 Gina C. Meneses #Beijing30 #FeministLeadership

Political polarisation. Shrinking civic space. Anti-gender rhetoric. We track how this shows up in real time — in institutions, in leadership, in policies that shape lives. 📊 Since 2017, we’ve held global health to account. Now we’re expanding to justice and finance.

This is not a time just to reflect. It is a time to recommit. To fairness. To equity. To truth. To holding the line. 🔜Our flagship 2025 Global Health 50/50 Report lands next week. Join us. Stand with us. #HoldingTheLine #Global5050

🏆 WINNER: ‘Fragmented Faces’ by Hardeep Singh uses sign language-inspired gestures and abstract forms to explore #Deaf and gendered identity. A powerful meditation on how the body becomes a medium of meaning. 🖼️ Explore #CrippingTheLens: bit.ly/44FvuDf #ThisIsGender #Disability

WINNER: ‘When the mountain won’t move, healthcare must’ by Gina C. Meneses. 🏆 It shows what #healthequity looks like – when wheelchair #accesibility is limited, care climbs mountains. Explore the full #CrippingtheLens exhibition: bit.ly/44FvuDf #ThisIsGender #Disability #GenderJustice #Access

Final call 📢 Time is running out to enter #ThisisGender: Law & Justice Don’t miss this opportunity to share your perspective on how gender, law, justice & power are seen and understood. ➡️ Enter by 16:55 BST tomorrow: bit.ly/3TnbWNp #PhotographyCompetition #GenderJustice #OpenCall #Equality

Last week in Nairobi, #Global5050 joined FEMNET & Co-Impact’s landmark convening to tackle systemic barriers to achieving #genderparity in law & justice leadership. 🤝 📝 Read our key takeaways: bit.ly/40UI9Qz #WomenLeadJustice #LeadershipInLaw #GenderJustice #MotionGranted #GenderParity

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Explore #CrippingtheLens – a new virtual exhibition from @gh5050.bsky.social’s #ThisIsGender 50 powerful images centring disabled people as artists, subjects & storytellers – reimagining how gender & disability affect our bodies, minds, relationships & more. See the winning images: bit.ly/44FvuDf

What happens when disabled people claim the frame, as artists, subjects, and storytellers? 🖼️ Launched today, #CrippingTheLens is a 50-image virtual exhibition reimagining how we see gender, disability & #inclusion. 📸 Explore now: bit.ly/44FvuDf #DisabilityPrideMonth #ThisIsGender

Deadline extended! 🚨 You’ve got until 26 July to enter our #ThisisGender: Law & Justice open call. Show us how gender shapes justice - from visible legal systems to the hidden forces of exclusion and resistance. ➡️ Enter now: bit.ly/3TnbWNp #GenderJustice #LawAndJustice #Photography #OpenCall

To mark #DisabilityPrideMonth, next week we launch #CrippingTheLens – a virtual exhibition that invites you to rethink and reframe the stories we tell about gender, disability, and the politics of being seen. 🖼️ Stay tuned. #ThisIsGender #GenderAndDisability

Meet the judges of #ThisIsGender Law & Justice 🌟 A powerhouse panel with deep expertise in #photography, storytelling, #gender and #representation –ready to spotlight bold, perspective-shifting images. Show us #LawandJustice through your lens. 🚨 Open call closing soon – enter now: bit.ly/3TnbWNp

A thoughtful conversation between Andrea Lucard & Jayasree Iyer‬ on the #HealthEquity podcast – from gender #datagaps, to pregnancy in clinical trials, & inclusive innovation through partnerships. Lovely to hear #Global5050 mentioned – & how our work holds up a mirror to the #GlobalHealth sector. 🎙️

Access to Medicine Foundation@accesstomedicinefoundation.org

The new episode of The #HealthEquity podcast is out now!🎙️Our CEO, @jayiyer.bsky.social, speaks with Andrea Lucard of @mmv.org‬ on advancing inclusive innovation to strengthen access to #healthcare for women & girls, particularly in #LMICs. Listen here➡️ bit.ly/44mpIVx #Access2Meds #podcast