Conclusion

Recruiting for a robust and competent health workforce requires long-term strategies to remove the obstacles that disrupt the health worker pipeline. It is imperative that health PSE institutions, as well as higher education institutions in general, work to eliminate gender discrimination. This technical brief has identified key actions that stakeholders in both high- and low-resource settings can take at the institutional and governmental levels. Increasing the sharing of experiences in implementing these interventions is vital to institutions not only for understanding what works, but also for creating a global community that values gender equality.