帕德米尼•穆尔蒂是纽约医学院健康科学与实践学院的教授兼全球卫生主管,也是国际女医师协会的秘书长和美国公共卫生协会国际卫生部的当选主席。

妇女领导促进全球健康和福祉

Sia Sandi, student midwife from the School of Midwifery in Masuba, Makeni, on placement at Makeni Regional Hospital, Bombali District, Sierra Leone, August 2013. UNFPA/Abbie Trayler-Smith
UN-Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka visits the Rohingya refugee camps in Coxʼs Bazar, in Bangladesh, and meets with a number of refugee women and girls. 31 January 2018. UN-Women/Allison Joyce

全球妇女承担着过重的疾病负担,且因为性别不平等而面临着过早死亡。