TY - JOUR T1 - Commitment to gender equality through gender sensitive financing JF - BMJ Global Health JO - BMJ Global Health DO - 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006747 VL - 6 IS - 7 SP - e006747 AU - Agnes Binagwaho AU - Kedest Mathewos AU - Alice Uwase Bayingana AU - Tsion Yohannes Y1 - 2021/07/01 UR - http://gh.bmj.com/content/6/7/e006747.abstract N2 - Summary boxDespite various international commitments to gender equality since the 1970s, significant gender gaps persist across various dimensions of human development.Countries and private foundations have shown limited progress in allocating funds towards programmes and initiatives aimed at achieving gender equality.The meager funds currently allocated towards achieving gender equality often fail to fund local organisations and are targeted towards addressing immediate issues rather than creating sustainable change.The under-representation of women in global health leadership prevents a systemic approach to addressing gender inequality.Donor countries and funding organisations should collect sex-disaggregated data to understand existing gender gaps and reform internal policies to ensure gender equality within their own institutions.Donors should require recipients of funds to establish guidelines and policies to achieve gender parity in their leadership structures and to address barriers to gender equality within their projects.Donors should also prioritise funding research institutions that examine often overlooked women’s health needs and priorities and focus on projects that demonstrate gender parity in implementation and in outcome.By doing so, donor countries and private foundations can pave the way for equitable health outcomes for all, regardless of gender.Since the 1970s, countries across the globe and various institutions have declared their commitment to gender equality.1 The United Nations (UN) held the First World Conference on Women in Mexico City in 1975, bringing together representatives from 133 countries.2 The conference that cemented the world’s commitment to gender equality was the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995 which brought together 17 000 official participants and 30 000 activists to Beijing, China.3 Participants devised the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action which outlines commitments to 12 areas of concern and serves as a crucial guiding document even today. We have also had various landmark moments such the adoption of the … ER -