Gender & Equity

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

Jhpiego Rated High Performer on Gender Equality Issues

Gender Equality

Baltimore, Md. – For a third consecutive year, Jhpiego, a nonprofit global health leader and Johns Hopkins University affiliate, has been recognized as a high performer in its efforts to prioritize gender equality, a designation cited in the 2022 report of Global Health 50/50, an independent research initiative at the University College London Centre for