Rajat Khosla
Executive Director,
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH)
Gender equality is not a side issue in global health, it is a prerequisite for progress. When women, girls and adolescents are denied their rights, voices and choices, health systems fail and inequalities deepen. Advancing gender equality means shifting power, investing in leadership, and ensuring that policies and financing respond to the lived realities of those most affected. It is only through gender-transformative action that we can achieve lasting gains for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being.
I support the IGC Panel Parity Pledge.
I support the IGC gender-based violence pledge.
Personal Commitments
By December 2026, I will lead a PMNCH-wide gender-responsiveness audit, to identify gaps and priority actions for mainstreaming gender equality across our work. I will ensure that audit findings are translated into a concrete action plan endorsed by the Executive Committee, with at least three organisational processes adjusted to strengthen gender responsiveness.
Throughout 2026, I commit to use my platform as PMNCH Executive Director to advocate for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health by (a) integrating clear, evidence-based gender equality messages in at least 10 high-level speaking engagements, and (b) convening two multistakeholder dialogues that elevate the leadership of adolescent girls and young women.