Gender, Equity & Social Inclusion in Health
Designing health programmes that leave no one behind.
Project Overview
CMS HARD Foundation integrates gender, equity, diversity, and social inclusion into research, programme design, implementation, and organisational practice.
This work focuses on understanding how gender roles, social norms, access barriers, and power dynamics affect health-seeking behaviour and service delivery, especially among underserved groups.
Key Objectives:
Identify gender-related barriers to health access
Promote inclusive programme design
Strengthen community participation
Support equitable health outcomes for underserved groups
How we make change
Gender-sensitive research
We study how gender roles and power dynamics influence access to care and immunisation services.
Inclusive programme design
We design interventions that reflect the needs of women, caregivers, young people, and marginalised groups.
Organisational accountability
We promote safeguarding, PSEA, diversity, equity, and inclusion across our work.
Community voice
We ensure local realities and lived experiences shape the solutions we develop.
Women-led
Board leadership
GH 50/50
Gender self-assessment used
Inclusive design
Applied across programmes
Ensuring programmes reach the people most often left behind.
CMS HARD FOUNDATION
Equity is not an add-on. It is how impact lasts.
Health systems work better when they understand and respond to the people they serve. CMS HARD Foundation places equity, inclusion, and community voice at the centre of its work.
