Women leadership for public health: The added value and needs of women driving public health system reform in Ukraine

Abstract: The Ukrainian health care system is undergoing reforms. Although women constitute a driving force in the Ukrainian health system transformation, their economic and decision-making participation remains extremely low. The existence of barriers such as:  work/life balance, gender bias, stereotypes, lack of confidence, lack of mentoring, and lack of adequate networking and equal access to opportunities prevent women from reaching high leadership positions. With the aim to empower the current and future female public health leaders, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and WHO held a seminar entitled “Women’s Leadership in Public Health” in Kyiv on 16-18 May 2017. The seminar was based on the assumption that contemporary public health demands require a more inclusive and less hierarchical style of leadership – focused on developing and working with stakeholder networks. Such a leadership style is more effective in achieving public health goals. The international, interdisciplinar.... https://www.seejph.com/index.php/seejph/article/view/1878

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Women leadership for public health: The added value and needs of women driving public health system reform in Ukraine ; day:20 ; month:09 ; year:2018 ; South eastern european journal of public health ; (20.09.2018)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Katarzyna Czabanowska ; Anna Cichowska Myrup ; Olga Aleksandrova

Further information

• DOI: 10.4119/seejph-1878
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020070114300830442982
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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