Over the last 25 years, there have been bold commitments towards tackling gender inequalities in global health, but these commitments have not been met by commensurate shifts in the underlying structural or systemic drivers of these inequalities. This think piece, by Dr Anju Malhotra, UNU-IIGH, reflects on the power of evidence through three complementary podcast episodes with different guests, including those working on improving access to healthcare and those evaluating health programmes. Click below to download the think piece, and scroll down for more information about the podcasts.

The ‘Power Of…’ think piece and podcast series aims to advance the discourse and critical analyses of contemporary issues related to gender equality in global health. The series centres around high-level findings from a major project which identified five key ingredients necessary for driving gender equality, both institutionally and programmatically, among UN agencies working in health. The think piece and podcast series builds on these five successful ingredients, namely:The power of evidence The power of feminist civil society The power of the collective The power of leaders and gender experts The power of an institutional structure