Gender & Equity

Jhpiego Rated “Very High Performer” on Gender Equality

Baltimore, Md. – Jhpiego has been recognized as a “Very High Performer” and a “Consistently High Performer” by Global Health 50/50 (GH5050) for the first time in its continued efforts to prioritize gender equality—both within the organization and in the global health sector broadly. In each of the previous three years, GH5050, an independent research

Fathers learn to be better parents and partners

Fathers are going back to school in the Western Highlands of Guatemala to learn to be better parents and partners. Among the students is Mario Méndez Pérez, 46. He and his wife María Carmelo, 42, live in Bulej village, 25 kilometers from the municipal capital of San Mateo Ixtatán, in Huehuetenango department. The program, which

Finding her worth: Vanessa’s story

San Isidro, Philippines — A single mother and a teacher, Vanessa shares a tiny house in the village of San Isidro in central Philippines with her two children, mother, stepfather and six younger brothers. And she is the happiest she has been in six years. After enduring years of emotional and verbal abuse from her