Strengthening Gender, Equity and Rights in National Digital Health Strategies: Three online conversations

Dr. Khine Su Win is a medical doctor and dedicated global health professional with over a decade of experience advancing human rights and gender equality across Asia. Since 2012, she has focused on supporting marginalized communities, including People Living with HIV (PLHIV), Women Living with HIV (WLHIV), LGBTIQ individuals, sex workers, People Who Use Drugs (PWUD), opium farmers, and ethnic minorities. With expertise in program and financial management, strategic planning, participatory research, monitoring and evaluation, and capacity building, she designs and implements inclusive, evidence-based initiatives that empower communities and promote social justice. Currently, she serves as Strategic Development Director at ILGA Asia, where she leads regional efforts to advance LGBTIQA+ rights. Driven by a passion for equity and inclusion, Khine advocates for policies and programs that amplify marginalized voices, improve well-being, and foster societies where every individual is recognized, respected, and supported to thrive.

Ramla Khalidi has been the Resident Representative of UNDP in Vietnam since September 2022.

She has over 30 years of experience working in development and policy research at both the national and regional levels, including 25 years with UNDP and the UN Secretariat. Ms. Khalidi has managed programme focused on delivering early recovery and resilience support through the creation of livelihoods opportunities, the rehabilitation of critical social infrastructure, and the promotion of social cohesion.

Ms. Khalidi has led the interdisciplinary and strategic planning efforts of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia on the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, and managed the organization’s technical cooperation programmes and policy advisoryservices. Ms. Khalidi’s policy work has focused on poverty reduction, inclusive social development, gender equality and good governance. Ms. Khalidi is a national of Jordan. She holds a Master of Arts in Arab Studies and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations.

 I have been active in HIV prevention and control since 2019, focusing on young people affected by HIV in Vietnam. And I work involves capacity building, education on HIV/AIDS treatment, and reducing stigma and discrimination. I currently serves as a community representative for people living with HIV on the CCM Vietnam.
Brief : As the Youth Program Coordinator at VNP+, I lead activities, including communication  knowledge sharing, and capacity building related to treatment, medication access, and stigma reduction for young people living with HIV in Vietnam.

Tara Imalingat is a global health and human rights lawyer and researcher passionate about advancing human rights-based, equitable and inclusive digital health governance in low- and middle income countries. She works as the Advocacy and impact coordinator at the University of Warwick’s Centre for interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) for the Digital Health and Rights Project (DHRP), an international research and policy consortium that uses transnational participatory action research to produce evidence to inform national and global health governance.

Meg Davis is Professor of Digital Health and Rights at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM), University of Warwick. She is also Research and Impact Director for CIM. She co-founded and serves as project lead for the Digital Health and Rights Project consortium. Her most recent book is The Uncounted: Politics of data in global health (Cambridge 2020).