February 26, 2023

Violence and Sexual Harassment Against Women in Health Professions

Women make up 70% of the health care workforce worldwide. Sadly, female health care workers are faced with sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH) at work every day perpetrated by male colleagues, male patients, and male community members. Oftentimes, SEAH experienced by women in the health sector goes unreported, unrecorded, and unpunished.

In 2022, Women in Global Health (WGH) launched its #HealthToo platform to raise awareness and drive accountability for SEAH by enabling women to tell their stories anonymously.

Learn more about the policy report, which analyzes 235 stories from women in the health sector using existing research, data and information gathered from partner organizations, and perspectives from global and regional multi-stakeholder dialogues on SEAH organized by WGH in 2022.