Health sector needs more women leaders to tackle backlash against sexual and reproductive rights — experts
The panel formed part of the WomenLift Health Global Conference 2024 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from 6 to 8 April, with the theme “Reimagining leadership: new approaches to new challenges”. “As people who have been part of women’s movements, I think collectivisation has been our strength and I think the men’s rights groups are doing that. They have power, they have more money, and they have more access to technology.
“It actually prohibits US global health funding provisions to nongovernmental organisations , or civil society, from completing or even providing a referral for abortion services, even if those activities are not funded by US government sources,” Luba said. Rhoda Wanyenze said that conservative and patriarchal attitudes seep through and are integral parts of all spaces.
“We say, ‘if you treat them too good, you’re encouraging the good girls to do what these have done’, and then we’ve had stories that are pretty depressing where schools give a different uniform to these girls because they can’t have the same colour as the rest, otherwise they will be so comfortable that others will want to do what they have done.