[Air-L] Webinar: Strengthening Gender, Equity and Rights in the East Mediterranean National Digital Health Strategies

[JAVIER GARCIA MARTINEZ]

*Webinar: Strengthening Gender, Equity and Rights in** the East
Mediterranean* *National Digital Health Strategies*

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Strategy on Digital Health
2020-2025 (now extended to 2027) promotes a more robust digital health
governance system, including through the development of national digital
health strategies. To successfully operationalise the Global Strategy
across territories in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Regional Strategy for
Fostering Digital Health in the EMR (2023-2027) encourages the formulation
of national digital health strategies aligned with broader national and
public health priorities. Today, fifteen out of twenty-one countries in the
region have adopted national strategies, with others under way.

Our report,* Towards People-centred Digital Health Strategies: Gender,
Equity, Rights and Inclusion*
<https://digitalhealthandrights.com/news-and-blog/towards-people-centred-digital-health-strategies-gender-equity-rights-and-inclusion/>,
that reviewed 20 national digital health strategies found that gender
equality, human rights, and the needs of marginalised populations were
largely overlooked. The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) at
the University of Warwick and the event co-sponsors at Health Enabled are
hosting this third and final webinar in our series to share insights and
practical tools aimed at embedding gender, equity and rights in national
digital health strategies throughout the development and implementation
processes.

*Title: Strengthening Gender, Equity and Rights in National Digital Health
Strategies in the East Mediterranean*

*Date: *5th March 2026

*Time*:  2:00pm-3:30pm GMT, 4:00pm-5:30pm EET, IST

*Where: *Online

*Platform:* Microsoft Teams (Link provided upon registration)

*Translation* (captions) *available!*

*Registration:* *https://forms.office.com/e/f4nCEPGeBc*
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Speakers:

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   *Arash Rashidian*, Coordinator, Science, Innovation & Data for Impact
   (SID), WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
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   *Ayman Sabae*, Chief Executive Officer, Shamseya
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   *Tariq El Alaoui*, Love Alliance MENA Consultant/GNP+
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   *UNDP* (Speaker TBC)
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   *Patricia Mechael*, Chief Executive Officer, Health Enabled
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   *Meg Davis*, Professor, Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies
   (CIM), University of Warwick; Project Lead, Digital Health and Rights
   Project
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   *Tara Imalingat*, Advocacy and Impact Coordinator, Digital Health and
   Rights Project, CIM, University of Warwick



*And please save the date for our hybrid **side event at the **World Health
Assembly (WHA)**:*



*Promoting Human Rights in Digital Health and AI Strategies: National and
Global perspectives*

Date: 20 May 2026

Time: 2:00pm-3:30pm GMT

Where: Impact Hub, Geneva & Online

Registration (online and in-person):
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French, Spanish and Vietnamese interpretation will be available online

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interested!



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