Strengthening gender-transformative leadership across health systems
WGH Kenya Flagship Leadership Framework The Gender Transformative Inclusive Leadership (GTIL) Programme is the flagship leadership initiative of Women in Global Health Kenya, designed to strengthen inclusive and gender-transformative leadership across health systems.
Developed by WGH Kenya, GTIL responds to persistent leadership and governance gaps within the health sector, where women form the majority of the workforce but remain underrepresented in decision-making spaces. The framework equips leaders with the skills, knowledge, and confidence required to influence policy, governance, and accountability processes that shape health outcomes.
Why GTIL Equitable health systems require leadership that reflects the diversity of the communities they serve. However, structural barriers continue to limit women’s participation and influence within leadership and governance spaces. GTIL was developed to address these systemic gaps by strengthening leadership capacity and creating pathways for meaningful participation in health decision-making at community, national, and global levels.
GTIL combines leadership development, gender analysis and systems thinking to support leaders to effectively engage in governance and policy processes.
The framework focuses on:
GTIL integrates structured training, mentorship and applied learning to ensure practical leadership outcomes beyond classroom engagement.
Initial implementation focused on Community Health Promoters and grassroots women leaders, demonstrating the effectiveness of the framework in strengthening leadership at the community level. The model is adaptable and can be applied across professional, institutional, and policy leadership contexts.
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WGH Kenya designed and launched the GTIL Curriculum, a locally developed leadership resource grounded in Kenya’s health system realities.
The curriculum provides a structured pathway for developing leaders capable of influencing governance processes, strengthening accountability, and advancing gender-responsive health systems.
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