Explore how nearly 200 organisations working in global health have performed on gender, fairness and equity in the workplace, from 2018 to 2026. Use it to power your research, advocacy and action to drive gender just progress around the world.
How organisations have performed on each variable in the Index since 2018. Choose a variable and sample to explore.
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About the sample In 2018, G5050 assessed 140 organisations. The sample has grown to nearly 200, and some organisations have since closed down. You can compare how the full sample performs across the years (‘Full sample’), or select to see trends among only those organisations that were assessed every year (‘Consistent sample’: the 192 organisations assessed every year since 2020, or for CEO and board chair gender the 131 assessed every year since 2018).
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Trend
Share of organisations in each category, by year.
*Please note the shifting denominator in trend graphs as the sample of organisations assessed by Global 50/50 changes each year.
How do organisations compare to each other?
By sector · focus year
Gender balance in senior management and on governing bodies, 2026
Majority menGender parity (45–55% women)Majority women
Non-profits vs for-profits over time
Organisations that make a public commitment to gender equality, non-profit vs for-profit.
The geography of global health leadership
Where the CEOs and board chairs of global health organisations come from and where they were educated, 2018–2026.
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Organisation type
Leaders from and educated in high-income countries, 2018–2026
Share of CEOs and board chairs who are nationals of, or were educated in, high-income countries
By world region
Nationality of CEOs and board chairs working in global health
By country income level
Income level of nationality of CEOs and board chairs working in global health
US federal funding
Change across the four policy areas, 2024–2025
Relative change in the share of organisations with each policy or commitment, with and without US federal funding
Organisations with and without US federal funding, 2024–2026
Share of organisations with each policy or commitment.
Availability of gender, fairness and equity policies over time, 2024–2026
Proportion of organisations where a policy or commitment was found
The gender and geography of board members
Where the 1,949 board members of global health organisations were from in 2024 – by world region and country income level – and the share who are women. Changes are shown against 2022.
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Organisation type
By world region
By country income level
How board members’ income backgrounds shifted, 2022–2024