Women & girls continue to struggle with the burdens of ❌Unpaid domestic & care work ❌Informal employment ❌Motherhood penalty ❌Restrictive gender roles which impact their mental health. Let's balance the load. Are you with us?

“Globally, women spend two to ten times more time on unpaid care work than men. In India, the problem also exists owing to cultural and societal norms that expect women to prioritise their caregiving role over career aspirations.” Susan Ferguson at jaipurlitfest

Need to pull some people together, but can’t decide whether to have a roundtable, a sit-down, a stand-up, a convening, a visioning process, a brainstorm, strategy session, a workshop, an input gathering, a listening session, a stakeholder meeting, or a charrette.

Btw, do you know the one country in Africa where female education never lagged behind male education? Points if you know, Quadruple points if you can link the causal mechanisms to parallels in the USA

What are the steps women—and men—can take in the fight against #gender inequality? WBG Gender’s Laura Rawlings, CARE in Vietnam and SEWA Bharat discuss in the latest episode of #TheDevelopmentPodcast: wrld.bg/xUvN50NEqQN

Excited to share our commentary on how coloniality, elitism and intersectionality are important to understand biomedical dominance, and to examine the relationships of global-local funding. Veena Sriram Sharmishtha frayashti(She/Her) ijhpm.com/article_4425.h…

Came across this interesting piece by colleagues at @icrw Fostering gender diversity and inclusiveness in street vendor associations in India c19re.org/learning/foste…

Days after the #CoromandelExpress tragedy, I called a friend who’s a powerloom worker from #Odisha in #Surat. He shared a passenger-list, with phone numbers. Relatives of missing folk were using it to find loved ones. I began to call random non-AC passengers. A thread 1/n

Dr. Shamika Ravi, Member of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, along with panelists launched the REBUILD India report and technical brief at the REBUILD dissemination event titled "Beyond Survival: The REBUILD Story of Informal Women Workers and COVID-19" today.

Aditi Vyas from ICRW Asia, while presenting the key findings from the REBUILD study, stated that the research employed a mixed methods approach, with an in-person quantitative survey, in-depth interviews with IWWs, and key informant interviews with subject matter experts.

While presenting the key findings from the REBUILD study, Priyanka Banerjee stated that many women during IDIs shared their challenges in accessing SRH services, particularly those related to prenatal care, delivery and postpartum care.

#JournoRequest Are you a woman between the ages 19-60 who have battled/battling the costs of being a woman (imposter syndrome, perfection, mental load etc etc)? If you are she or know someone I can talk to --- I would love to hear from you here. My DMs are open.

Everyone in global health should read this. Pass it on. It is clear, bold, and action guiding. Philosopher at work. Many thanks Himani Bhakuni 🙏🏽

For the folks wondering what this ICJ hearing means if it does not have an enforcement mechanism, I answer that question on CNN International. Short answer: a lot. #Gaza #Genocide #Nakba #ICJ #Palestinian #SouthAfrica

Congratulations to my lovely friends and great economists!

This new article by Järvinnen & Mik-Meyer on "gendered service work in academia" made me go through all stages of grief on a loop and I think EVERYONE in academic should read it 👇journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Effective approaches to high-quality health services at the mass level require bold policy shifts in LMICs. With rapid migration, ageing, digitisation, etc., user expectations must be central to policy efforts. Our take: Vikas Choudhry Neha Faruqui - go.shr.lc/42QEYsQ

Thrilled to share our paper on women representation in leadership boards of professional medical associations (PMA) in India, recently published in PLOS Global Public Health at rb.gy/ebibi2 Veena Sriram Dr. Sonali Vaid Sharmishtha Vikash R. Keshri, MD, PhD

NEW! We examine gender representation in leadership of professional medical associations in India. Thread below 👇🏽 Great collaboration led by Pratishtha Singh Dr. Sonali Vaid Sharmishtha Vikash R. Keshri, MD, PhD Deepika Saluja, PhD Asha George Sumegha Asthana Rakesh Parashar NeethiVRao Soumyadeep Bhaumik MBBS, MSc, PhD, FRSA

Though women outnumber men in med college admissions, only nine of 46 professional medical associations have been led by women In IMA, the largest association of doctors, out of the 92 presidents since its inception, only one was a woman Gender skew in med association leadership