Gender Discrimination and Health Workforce Development: An Advocacy Tool

Understand: How are faculty affected by gender discrimination and inequalities?

© Photo by IntraHealth International. HIV lecture in Sudan in 2009.© Photo by Trevor Snapp, courtesy of IntraHealth International. Gao Nursing School in Mali in 2009.© Photo by Trevor Snapp, courtesy of IntraHealth International. Doctor teaching about breastfeeding and nutrition in Pandoli village in India in 2011.© Photo by Trevor Snapp, courtesy of IntraHealth International. Faculty of the auxiliary nurse midwifery school in Hazaribagh District, India in 2011.
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Faculty Experience of Gender Discrimination and Inequalities

Gender discrimination and inequalities can affect any phase of a health faculty’s life cycle. In addition to impacting the number of health professional faculty available to teach health students, the quality of the teaching faculty may be compromised due to gender inequalities and discrimination.

Click on the different aspects of an academic’s professional experience to learn about examples and effects of gender discrimination on faculty: