Gender & Equity

The Long Road to Eliminating Gender Violence

The Global 16 Days Campaign — now 30 years strong — seeks to encourage activism around gender-based violence (GBV) in the world of work. Jhpiego, meanwhile, is on the ground in Mozambique, aiming to prevent unintended consequences of development projects there. The campaign began November 25. From the start of a large-scale road construction project

Why Men’s Health?

Jhpiego’s Chief Medical Officer Gives Answers—and Makes a Confession By Maryalice Yakutchik Every cent of the $40,979 raised during 2021 Global Miles for Mothers is destined for one of the world’s most vulnerable communities—Sofala province in Mozambique, where Cyclone Idai destroyed the Dondo Health Center and then COVID-19 delayed repairs. When it reopens in 2022,

Nepal Tackles Gender-Based Violence Amplified by Pandemic

Having just completed an autopsy on a 12-year-old who died by suicide—his team’s third case in the past two weeks of girls and young women who took their own lives—physician Sandeep Okheda is upset. It’s abundantly clear to the medical superintendent at Bajhang District Hospital that there is a serious problem in rural Sudurpashchim Pradesh