The production and development of health workers to overcome these health workforce challenges has been a major focus of many governments’ human resources for health (HRH) strategies. Health professional education systems play a pivotal role to developing competent, motivated health workers who are vital to the delivery of high-quality family planning, maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, and other essential health services. Stakeholders from governments and health professional education systems must promote gender equality, equal opportunity, and nondiscrimination to produce robust health workforces able to respond to the needs of the populations they serve.
To aid in this task, Capacity Plus have produced this tool which aims to build capacity and leadership among stakeholders to:
- Better understand how gender discrimination can negatively impact students and faculty.
- Consider actions that health professional education institutions and governments can implement to promote gender equality.
- Advocate effectively for actions to promote gender equality and nondiscrimination.
The intended users include: Ministries of education, administrators and managers from governments and public or private educational institutions, program planners from nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), and other national stakeholders.