“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.

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

We’re proud to announce that we have once again been recognised as a very high performer in the latest @gh5050.bsky.social report! Explore the scorecard for a summary of HAI’s performance on #genderequity, & discover how we’re driving positive change in global health: global5050.org/report-profi...

The 2025 @gh5050.bsky.social report, 'Holding the Line' shows the first decline in commitments to gender equality since 2018. APHRC is proud to be named a High Performer in the 2025 Gender & Health Index. Read the report: buff.ly/q1GDe2t #APHRCResearch #Global5050 #GenderEquality #EquityInHealth

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

🏆 WINNER: ‘Hope Never Dies’ by Sadman Sakib captures a moment of rest, solidarity, & quiet resistance as amputee footballers lie in a flowing river on their journey through Srimangal & Sylhet, Bangladesh. 🖼️ Explore #CrippingTheLens: bit.ly/44FvuDf @thinkcrea.bsky.social #Disability #Global5050

The full #CrippingtheLens longlist is now available to explore on our #ThisIsGender platform, bringing together images from artists around the world that reimagine #gender, #disability & #justice. ✨ 🖼️ Explore now: bit.ly/4fQYs74 #GenderAndDisability #GenderJustice @thinkcrea.bsky.social

There is no stopping #obesity without addressing gendered systems & inequalities. This was the focus of a seminar run by our Co-CEO, @kentbuse.bsky.social, at the National Institute of #PublicHealth of Mexico with the support of @worldobesity.bsky.social. #GenderJustice #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth

🏆 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: ‘Acompañamiento y Cariño’ by Jenny Bautista Media beautifully shows #care not only as support given or received, but as something shared – rooted in connection, agency & mutual trust. Explore our #CrippingTheLens exhibition: bit.ly/44FvuDf #ThisIsGender #Disability @thinkcrea.bsky.social

🏆 WINNER: ‘The past in your hands’ by Jaime Prada shows what equitable access to art & culture looks like – and asks: what if our shared spaces reflected the diversity of those who move through them? Explore the full #CrippingTheLens exhibition: bit.ly/44FvuDf #ThisIsGender @thinkcrea.bsky.social

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

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. 🎙️

We’re looking for images that capture how systems like courts, police, & government use their power to shape our daily lives – either to protect rights or reinforce inequality. 📷 Enter #ThisisGender: Law and Justice by 22 July: bit.ly/3TnbWNp #GenderJustice #LawAndJustice #PhotographyCompetition

Where is justice found – and where is it withheld? Enter images that expose the visible and invisible lines that divide, confine, exclude – and the people that push back to protect their world. 🌍 📷 Enter our latest #ThisIsGender #OpenCall: bit.ly/3TnbWNp #Global5050 #GenderJustice #LawandJustice

#Law and #justice don’t only shape institutions - they reach into our families, relationships, and communities. We're calling for images that capture how gender and justice are lived and felt through our social ties. ➡️ Enter #ThisisGender: Law & Justice: bit.ly/43CObH9 #GenderJustice #Global5050

Missed our ‘Exploring #GenderedHealthPathways’ webinar? The full event recording is now live: insights, evidence & action from a global panel of experts. 💡 The data is here. Now it’s time to act. ▶️ Watch now: bit.ly/4483Tu7 #GenderJustice #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #HealthData #Global5050

Justice isn’t neutral. The law protects some, punishes others. What if legal systems centred care, dignity & equity for all? Now is your chance to bear witness to injustice & envision what a truly just world could look like. 📷 Enter #ThisIsGender: Law & Justice - bit.ly/43CObH9 #Photography

How does gender shape #health across #diabetes, #HIV & #hypertension? Join us in 1 week to explore #GenderedHealthPathways – a free data visualisation tool exposing inequalities & informing gender-responsive action. 🗓 26 June | 1pm BST Register: bit.ly/4e0Eg1O #GHPWebinar #GlobalHealth

Calling all photographers 📢 Show us how gender shapes & is shaped by #LawandJustice. From the force of the law to the fight for fairness, capture how #justice is lived, negotiated & denied in everyday life, using any #photography style. 📸 Enter our #ThisisGender #OpenCall now: bit.ly/43CObH9

#ThisisGender invites you to confront injustice & reimagine a more equal future through powerful imagery. 📢 Let your #photography be your resistance, capturing the tension between power and protest, #law and lived experience. 📸 Enter now: bit.ly/43CObH9 #OpenCall #GenderJustice

#ThisisGender: Law & Justice is now open. 📢 We’re calling on photographers worldwide to share powerful visual stories that reveal how gender shapes, and is shaped by, laws, legal systems, and everyday #justice. ➡️ Enter now: bit.ly/43CObH9 #OpenCall #Photography #Representation #LawandJustice

#ThisisGender is a space to resist, to reimagine, and reclaim #representation as a tool for #genderjustice. 📢 Tomorrow will bring a new opportunity to get involved - stay tuned. #Global5050 #Photography #OpenCall #PhotographyCompetition

Join us for a dynamic online panel discussion to explore how data from our #GenderedHealthPathways tool can drive gender-responsive policies and transform health outcomes across #diabetes, #HIV & #hypertension. Together, let’s push for #GenderJustice in #GlobalHealth. Register now: bit.ly/4e0Eg1O

Better health for all starts with understanding where gender inequalities lie across the heath pathway - that’s where #GenderedHealthPathways comes in. Join our upcoming webinar to see how this powerful tool can inform your work – details coming soon. 🔎 bit.ly/ExploreGHP #HealthEquity @gamh.org

For 5 years, #ThisisGender has championed the power of images as a tool for #GenderJustice: bit.ly/ThisisGender As gender is weaponised to divide, we invite you to help reclaim the narrative in our new open call. 📸 Get ready to join the movement. #RepresentationMatters #Photography

We’re missing the data – & people are falling through the cracks. Of the top 20 leading causes of death worldwide, so far we’ve only been able to collect enough sex-disaggregated data to construct #GenderedHealthPathways for 3: #diabetes, #HIV & #hypertension. ➡️ Help us change that: bit.ly/43xdQQc

In 187/192 countries, women have higher #obesity rates than men—up to 5x in Malaysia & 3x in Tanzania. Obesity raises risk of #hypertension & type 2 #diabetes & women often face more barriers in getting the care they need. 🔎 See how gender shapes health: bit.ly/ExploreGHP #GenderedHealthPathways

Did you know we also work in the #justice sector? For seven years, we’ve worked to improve #genderequality and #accountability in global health. Now, we’re bringing the same research-driven approach to institutions that uphold justice and the rule of law: bit.ly/3StjOwy #Global5050

We're hosting an online event spotlighting the #GenderedHealthPathways tool - our latest effort to show how gender shapes health journeys across #diabetes, #HIV and #hypertension. Interested in data-driven approaches for gender justice in #GlobalHealth? Stay tuned. #EvidencetoAction

“The advertising industry has recognised the power of gender for decades. Public health must now do the same.” Our co-CEO Kent Buse, Jeni Klugman & Elhadj As Sy make the case for a gender levy to fund gender-responsive action to counter #NCDs. Read now: bit.ly/3STGyG2 #GenderJustice #HealthEquity

No matter how you look at it, there’s a reason for #diversity in #leadership —and many of them. And yet, a recent BMJ Leader study by M. Barik, S. Bhaumik & our Co-CEO @kentbuse.bsky.social shows global committees on climate & health are still far from representative: bit.ly/3ZzZQnu #GlobalHealth

Men consume far more #alcohol than women worldwide — 32x more in Tunisia, 12x in Myanmar, 6x in China. This excessive drinking, tied to masculine social norms, raises men’s risk of #hypertension. 🔎 See how gender shapes health: bit.ly/ExploreGHP #GenderedHealthPathways #Global5050 #HealthEquity

Yesterday, we convened thinkers, doers and funders with @thelancet.com and @unaids.org during #WHA78, to discuss next steps that build on the findings of the recently launched Lancet Commission on #GenderAndGlobalHealth ➡️ Read the report: bit.ly/42l5rim #GenderAndGlobalHealth #GenderJustice

In Thailand, men aged 45–59 account for over three times more #hypertension related deaths than women. #GenderedHealthPathways maps inequalities across the full health journey — from risk to outcome — showing where gender-responsive action is urgently needed. 🔍 bit.ly/ExploreGHP #HealthEquity

Our new tool, #GenderedHealthPathways, visualises sex-disaggregated data across the health journey for #HIV, #diabetes & #hypertension — revealing where gender-based inequities emerge & where interventions are needed. 🔍 Dive into the data: bit.ly/ExploreGHP #HealthEquity #EvidenceToAction

A recent PLOS Medicine study co-authored by Sarah Hawkes, Kent Buse & research partners shows how sex-disaggregated data & #gender analysis can expose hidden health inequities: bit.ly/3GWtywN Men globally face higher mortality from #diabetes, #HIV & #hypertension — yet are less likely to seek care.

Yesterday at a UK Lancet Commission on #GenderandGlobalHealth event, Prof Sarah Hawkes, Dr Erica Nelson and Jerker Edström spoke about the Commission’s findings and brought powerful reflections on why #genderjustice must be at the heart of #globalhealth. ➡️ Read the recommendations: bit.ly/42l5rim

Over 3.5M people in England have type 2 diabetes and our new #GenderedHealthPathways tool reveals a clear gender disparity — more than twice as many men aged 45–59 die from diabetes compared to women in the same age group. 📖 Explore the story of Mohin & Jasminder to understand why: bit.ly/4dh00Wy

What is gender justice and how can we achieve it, asks @femupheave.bsky.social of @gh5050.bsky.social at the launch of the report by the Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health @ids.ac.uk #Gender #GenderJustice #Power #GlobalHealth #Equity