The Women for One Health (WfOH) Network is an interconnected community of One Health (OH) professionals advancing the participation of women and under-served groups in One Health research, policy, and practice to enhance gender equity, diversity, and inclusivity. The idea of the network was sparked by the initiative of a few female One Health advocates who met in November 2022 at the World One Health Congress in Singapore and discussed the importance of gender-balanced representation in One Health events.

In this milestone meeting, after many discussions, numerous interviews, and thorough consideration, we were delighted to introduce our new secretariats. Together, we will now collaboratively build and drive the network forward in a spirit of partnership.

One of our major aims was to establish three secretariat branches (Germany, Kenya, Rwanda) to support the implementation and oversee the network activities. The secretariats are now based at the Center for One Health, University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda, the Centre for Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, University of Nairobi (UON) in Kenya, and the Center for Global Health, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany.