Pathways to leadership: Accounting for women’s (in)equitable career paths in the health sector in Kenya (https://gh.bmj.com/content/9/7/e014745)

Health and Wellbeing

  • August 2024
  • Briefing Papers

The under-representation of women in leadership in the health workforce is well recognised globally, but there is a lack of data on the extent of the disparities within career pathways and the factors affecting women’s progression towards leadership, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. The career trajectory of women in the health workforce is shaped by prevailing gender norms operating at the macro level, as well as structural, organisational and individual factors.

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