A Renewed, Lively and Democratic Civil Society Coalition
The Health Workers for All Coalition (HW4All) strives for a strong, connected, global civil society movement that is able to lead advocacy and realize policy and investment commitments for the health workforce. We herewith relaunch the HW4All Coalition as a lively and democratic civil society community of independent, critical-thinking activists and organizations across Southern and Northern boundaries. It aims to coordinate actions and advocacy for health workers, based on civil society analysis in the field of global health workforce.
We invite civil society colleagues to join the Coalition now, by endorsing its political declaration released on World Health Day, 7 April 2021. By doing so, you will confirm that you endorse the principles that guide the HW4All Coalition and share the commitments for engagement and action as framed in the declaration.
In order to launch and grow this civic space, we do not start with creating a new formal institution (e.g. in the form of an association), but go for a more informal setup. However, to take up the ambition of this space and community being a democratic one, and knowing about the sensitivity of the power issue in convening civil society, some basic governance issues needed to be addressed. We have done so by drafting and publishing a “governance basics” document. Have a look at it!
Learn more about how the Coalition is set up:
https://www.healthworkersforallcoalition.org/governance
A bit of (unintended) fun: Members of the HW4All Coalition’s Steering Group and Secretariat read out the political declaration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmUmgxLmdqo
Contact for enquiries:
welcome@healthworkersforallcoalition.org
