Webinar | Beyond Numbers: Addressing Gendered Workplace Violence to Advance Universal Health Coverage

Progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is often reduced to counting health workers and reviewing their distribution. Far less attention is being paid to the safety, motivation, and well-being of the workforce, especially that of women, who constitute a substantial share of frontline health workers.

Gendered workplace violence is a pervasive yet under-acknowledged form of structural harm. It undermines the safety, well-being, and agency of the primary health care (PHC) workforce and, in doing so, erodes the resilience and responsiveness of PHC systems. Addressing GWPV is an important investment in the quality and sustainability of the health workforce and, ultimately, in the quality of PHC itself.

In this context, the 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘂𝗺 is convening a webinar to:
1. Explore the gendered forms, drivers, and experiences of workplace violence among PHC workers in Tanzania, Burkina Faso, South Africa, with particular attention to women frontline workers.
2. Examine how workplace violence affects health-worker well-being, motivation, retention, and the quality and sustainability of PHC services.
3. Identify gender-responsive strategies for safer, supportive, and quality-focused health-care workplaces as part of Tanzania, Burkina Faso, South Africa’s UHC agenda.

Webinar Details:
📆 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: September 23rd 2026
⏰ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 9:00 GMT | 11:00 SAST | 17:00 MYT

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