PERSPECTIVE article
Front. Sociol.
Sec. Gender, Sex and Sexualities
Volume 10 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1501764
Developing cadres of gender specialists in global public health to meet increasing demand
Provisionally accepted
- Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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Gender is increasingly prioritized in global health and embedded across the Sustainable Development Goals. This shift has created a demand for gender specialists with skills to integrate gender into research and programs.• Most global health professionals lack formal training in gender analysis or integration.Gender is often misunderstood-conflated with sex, focused only on women, or limited to maternal health. • Training can equip professionals to address these gaps, improve outcomes, and reduce inequities. • We developed the Gender and Health Summer Institute at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to grow this capacity. Using universal design, the Institute enhances accessibility, inclusivity, and engagement. • Our goal: build a global cadre of gender specialists driving more gender-responsive and equitable health programs.
Keywords: gender, training, Applied learning, Health, global
Received: 23 Oct 2024; Accepted: 07 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Kalbarczyk, Banchoff, Perry, De Boer and Morgan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Anna Kalbarczyk, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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