A rights-based perspective: Addressing gender equality in global health security - Dr Shubha Nagesh, Women in Global Health

This week’s guest is Dr Shubha Nagesh, a medical doctor and a public health physician in India. She is currently the chapter development manager for Asia Pacific and the Middle East at Women in Global Health, where her work focuses on gender transformative leadership.

In this episode, we talk about the importance of gender equality to health security, including the disproportionate impact of infectious diseases on women and gender equality, and how health security can take a more gender responsive approach. 

We also discuss: 

• The impact of COVID-19 on gender equality
• How gender inequalities can influence those who are impacted most by infectious disease outbreaks and public health emergencies
• How power and privilege imbalances can undermine health outcomes and why gender transformative leadership and a rights-based perspective is needed
• Why women need to be at the decision-making table and in leadership positions to help advance gender equality and improve equity in global health
• How gender equality and women’s empowerment can be best integrated into the health security sector.

We encourage you to join the conversation at @CentreHealthSec.

You can also follow Dr Shuba Nagesh on Twitter at @snagesh2.