The Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment panel consists of a diverse group of women and men, including specialists in Human Security, Education, Health, Economics, Human Rights and Equality Studies. The panel is committed to the mainstreaming of a gender perspective throughout WHIS programmes and initiatives and the identification of opportunities to progress gender equality and the empowerment of women globally.

The function of this panel, established in June 2020, is to oversee and co-ordinate implementation of the actions for gender equality to which WHIS has committed. In addition, the panel will be available to provide programmatic advice and guidance to WHIS partners.

CEO, WHIS Gareth Presch.

SDG5 Gender equality and womens empowerment - EXPERTS
Chair: Deirdre Carbery
Steffi Singh, Tyson Nichols, Keira Longeran, Amany Yehia

The panel have identified the following focus areas:

• The identification of strategic partners.
• The creation of gender-responsive health services.
• Gender, Science, Innovation and Technology.
• Intimate Partner Violence.
• Prevention, Pre-emption and Response Strategies to Sexual Gender Based Violence.
• Strategic-level engagement with international organisations, governments and religious leaders.
• Wellbeing Initiative – Women’s leadership and skills development.

- Women's Economic Empowerment.

• Sexual and Reproductive Rights; Health, Family Planning and HIV Programme.

- Adolescent Health Programme.

- Preventing Maternal Mortality.

- Programme for Sex Workers.

• Physical Wellbeing and Physical Activity Programme for Girls.
• Early Years Health and Wellbeing Programme.
• Children and Digital Literacy.
• Identifying and addressing barriers to equitable healthcare.
• The 'Men's health gap'.
• Health financing strategies.
• The Creation of Health Champions.
• Trauma: The use of art and story-telling to engage.