The FIP Development Goals are set to transform global pharmacy by providing a systematic and integrated framework that can support the transformation of pharmacy practice, science and workforce & education. Of the 21 Goals, FIP Development Goal 10 impacts us all. The Equity & Equality Goal calls for clear strategies to address inequalities in the pharmaceutical workforce, widen access and equity of pharmaceutical care services & access, as well equity in global capacity in pharmaceutical sciences development. FIP-EquityRx – FIP’s programme on Equity & Equality in pharmacy – is driving FIP DG 10’s global implementation.
The FIP Development Goals are set to transform global pharmacy by providing a systematic and integrated framework that can support the transformation of pharmacy practice, science and workforce & education. Of the 21 Goals, FIP Development Goal 10 impacts us all. The Equity & Equality Goal calls for clear strategies to address inequalities in the pharmaceutical workforce, widen access and equity of pharmaceutical care services & access, as well equity in global capacity in pharmaceutical sciences development. FIP-EquityRx – FIP’s programme on Equity & Equality in pharmacy – is driving FIP DG 10’s global implementation.
In 2018, FIP-EquityRx became the overarching label and unifying theme for FIP’s initiatives and work on gender and diversity. These initiatives focused on empowering women both within and beyond the workforce through promoting equity in the pharmacy workforce, championing women in science and academia and empowering women as informal caregivers.
In 2019, FIP announced the expansion of the scope of its equity & equality programme to beyond gender & diversity balances — extending to equity in access to care and all that this encompasses.
Since the launch of FIP Development Goal 10: Equity & Equality in 2020, this scope expansion became an even stronger imperative to support the equitable access to health care for all individuals, regardless of the following social, demographic and health identifiers & their intersectionality:
