Our Work and Impact

We build equity across research to policy systems by:

Designing for Impact. We coordinate with key actors at global, national and subnational
levels to inform existing policies, programs, and thinking with new data and evidence.
Testing and scaling. We partner to design and test what works on the ground using
implementation science, with a focus on scaling evidence-based solutions.
Innovating and creating new methods. We develop and use cutting-edge approaches to analyze and model gender and health data that informs policy making, discourse, and fields of knowledge.
Training, mentoring, and capacity bridging. We build the next generation of scholars, link them to global spaces and partners, and amplify and learn with emerging global scholars.
Fostering relationships and networks. We build connections and linkages and are building a center focused on collaboration.

We grapple with complexity and intersectionality while building clear and actionable insight.

Our Approach to Our Focal Areas
When we understand how norms and agency shape systems and behavior we can shift those norms to improve well-being. GEH examines and generates evidence-based solutions to the multifaceted challenges that influence gender equity in health at all levels—from individual to national to global. We use research to understand context, identify problems and test solutions,and bring evidence to inform program and policy change and bridge capacity through education and training. Across this work, we strive to make complex ideas simple and actionable with an eye toward sustainability and scale.

Our Approach to Gender
GEH prioritizes action-oriented research that explores the dynamic and contextual ways in which social and structural realities influence people’s rights, opportunities, and achievement of self-determined goals throughout their lives.