WGH Norway News

WGH Norway is highlighting members of its Advisory Group and enhancing awareness of gender equity in global health leadership nationally.

On May 4th, WGH Norway hosted its second webinar part of the Inspiration Series! 

On March 30, WGH Norway hosted its first webinar part of a new Inspiration Series!

Women in Global Health (WGH) Norway together with the Centre for Global Health at the University of Oslo (UiO) and Equality Check celebrated International Women’s Day (March 8) with an event, “The Hidden Challenges of Professional Women.”   

WGH Norway is highlighting members of its Advisory Group and enhancing awareness of gender equity in global health leadership nationally.

Norway's newest women's health magazine, Hysteri interviewed Ingeborg K. Haavardsson, WGH Norway leader about the national chapter and the global movement it supports.

WGH Norway is highlighting members of its Advisory Group and enhancing awareness of gender equity in global health leadership nationally.

Women in Global Health (WGH) Norway is hosted by the Centre for Global Health (CGH) at the University of Oslo (UiO). The Secretariat is calling for expressions of interest from the Norwegian landscape nationally to organize the 2022 Annual Conference for WGH Norway.  

WGH Norway is highlighting members of its Advisory Group and enhancing awareness of gender equity in global health leadership nationally.

Women in Global Health (WGH) Norway celebrated its second Annual Conference in October. The event was co-hosted by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the Centre for Global Health (CGH), University of Oslo (UiO).  

As we thank the task force members for their contribution, we welcome all members to reflect on the activities that have been organized by the group in 2020-2021.  

In this Q&A Interview, Julia Marzioch shares her birthing story with the WGH Norway COVID 50/50 Taskforce and reflects on what it was like to embark on a journey as a new mother during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this Q&A Interview, Ingrid Tiegland sits down with the WGH Norway COVID 50/50 Task force and shares how her background as a medical doctor has shaped her current work in two very different, but relevant industries - medical innovation and finance.

A new World Health Organization (WHO) Policy Action Paper was recently launched by the WHO’s Global Health Workforce Network’s Gender Equity Hub, in collaboration with Women in Global Health (WGH). 

WGH Norway is highlighting members of its Advisory Group and enhancing awareness of gender equity in global health leadership nationally.

In this Q&A Interview, Anne-Karin Kolstad, Secretary General of HivNorway, sits down with the WGH Norway COVID 50/50 Task force and shares experiences of her long career in NGO leadership, political advocacy and lobbying.

WGH Norway is highlighting members of its Advisory Group and enhancing awareness of gender equity in global health leadership nationally.

In this Q&A Interview, Gunnveig Grødeland, Researcher at the Department of Immunology at the University of Oslo introduces her current research and shares personal and professional lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.

According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021, Norway is in the top 10 for gender parity.

In this Q&A Interview, Parvathi Rau Bains, shares her reflections with the WGH Norway COVID 50/50 Taskforce about her experience working with vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Women in Global Health is thrilled to have participated in a landmark event to officially announce a partnership with WHO, followed by a signing of the Memorandum of Understanding establishing a year-long partnership to support work between the two organizations.

WGH Norway is highlighting members of its Advisory Group and enhancing awareness of gender equity in global health leadership nationally.

In this Q&A Interview, Marianne Jahre, Professor at Lund University and BI Norwegian Business School introduces her current research and shares personal and professional lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Welcome to the Afternoon Tea Conversations! WGH Norway is highlighting members of its Advisory Group and enhancing awareness of gender equity in global health leadership nationally.

In this Q&A Interview, Bobbie Ray Sannerud, an American executive and Clinical Psychologist in Oslo shares her reflections with the WGH Norway COVID 50/50 Taskforce about the ongoing pandemic and the importance of closing the gender gap.