Overview
The Global 50/50 is an independent research and advocacy initiative working to advance gender equality and health equity. Established in 2017 as Global Health 50/50, it combines academic rigour, policy insight, and advocacy to bridge evidence and action. Its work has influenced over 200 global health organisations, setting benchmarks for equality and accountability. Now expanding beyond health, Global 50/50’s vision spans three pillars—Global Health 50/50, Global Justice 50/50 (launching 2025), and Global Finance 50/50 (launching 2026)—to expose and address systemic gender inequalities across global systems.
The 2025 Global 50/50 Report
This eighth annual report reveals a marked downturn in the public availability of organisational commitments and policies for workplace fairness and equity. The fragile gains of previous years remind us that the road to social justice, including gender justice, is long, with inevitable setbacks.
Key points
- This year’s Global Health 50/50 Report covers 199 organisations across 37 countries, representing 4M+ employees.
- For the first time since monitoring began in 2017, the Report documents a regression across key gender, fairness, and equity indicators.
- The downturn is most visible among organisations – both for-profit and nonprofit – with US federal grants or contracts, where compliance pressures from the current US administration have led many to withdraw or dilute their public commitments.
- While recognising the challenges posed by the current climate, this moment of rupture can also provide us with an opportunity to reclaim, rethink and realise more sustainable and equitable institutions and systems in the future.
What ‘holding the line’ means will vary from organisation to organisation, but all of us within the global health sector have a role to play:
- Workplace: Uphold and implement the core commitments of gender equality, fairness, and equity.
- Leadership: Lead boldly and visibly.
- Global Health Community: Reassert the core principles of fairness and equity as the global health landscape shifts.
Read the full Report here: https://global5050.org
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