Solidarity

What would the global health funding ecosystem look like if solidarity were not just a value — but a practice embedded in decision-making, governance, and accountability?

This question anchored two intensive days of conversation in Johannesburg, convened by EthicsLab at the University of Cape Town as part of the Global Health Solidarity Project.

What does solidarity look like when it is lived, practised, and contested in everyday life?

This report captures insights from the South Asia Regional Workshop held in New Delhi, bringing together community leaders, researchers, activists, and practitioners from India and Nepal to explore how solidarity is understood and enacted—from community health work and queer community building, to caste, climate, and indigenous knowledge systems.

The Global Health Solidarity Project hosted its 6th and final Bi-Monthly Webinar of 2025, bringing together influential voices from India and Nepal to examine what solidarity looks like in South Asia. Held under the theme “A Pluriverse of Solidarities: Solidarity at the Margins, in Institutions, and in Sacred Spaces,” the session built directly on insights from September’s South Asia Regional Workshop in New Delhi.

How do we move beyond the rhetoric of solidarity?

From Costa Rica to El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, and beyond, the Mesoamerican Workshop on Solidarity and Global Health gathered voices from across the region to explore what solidarity looks like when it’s lived and not just spoken.

Convened by the Global Health Solidarity Project and the University of Costa Rica, the workshop brought together activists, academics, and practitioners to examine solidarity as a force for repair, a political act, and a daily practice.

17 October 2025 – The 5th Bi-monthly Webinar, Navigating Health and Solidarity: Refugee Perspectives and Practical Challenges,” posed a critical question: How do power, policy, and everyday realities shape solidarity, and “unsolidarity”, in refugee health?

New Delhi, September 22-23, 2025 – Experts, youth leaders, grassroots activists, researchers, funders, and representatives from civil society from India, Nepal, and beyond called on global institutions to put solidarity at the heart of health systems, warning that resilience cannot be achieved through top-down strategies alone.

August 4th, 2025- Webinar Recap

26 June 2025- The Global Health Solidarity Open Forum took place on June 25, 2025, under the theme ‘A Solidarity of the Shaken? From Despair to Collective Action’. The virtual gathering brought together over 150 attendees including researchers, civil society organisations and activists, practitioners, and scholars from 33 countries. The event aimed to explore how solidarity can shape responses to global health challenges amid shifting political and funding landscapes. 

30 April 2025- The Global Health Solidarity Project hosted its third bi-monthly webinar, bringing together leading voices from the worlds of activism, law, and art to explore the theme: "Artistic and Activist Understandings of Solidarity During Times of Trouble."