Through patented digital credentialing, the partnership ensures the verified expertise of women leaders is protected and recognized, marking them as trusted leaders equipped to drive the systemic change that transforms health outcomes.
WASHINGTON & PARIS — May 25, 2026 — WomenLift Health, a premier global leadership development organization for health, today announced a strategic partnership with BCdiploma, a global leader in digital credentialing. BCdiploma will deliver a custom, white-labeled digital credentials solution for WomenLift Health’s program participants. The collaboration establishes an unassailable framework of trust, ensuring that the achievements and expertise of women leaders in global health are securely recognized worldwide.
Despite comprising nearly 70% of the global health workforce, women hold only 25% of senior leadership roles. This means the people closest to how the system actually works, at every level, have the least say in how it is run. This has direct consequences on health outcomes. WomenLift Health works to bridge this gap by expanding the power and influence of women leaders embedded in health systems across Africa, South Asia, and North America.
“Health programs often struggle not because solutions are missing, but because coordination across institutions remains a challenge. This is a leadership problem: leadership determines whether policies and funding translate into services. But leadership only drives change when it is recognized and trusted. That is why our partnership with BCdiploma matters: it ensures that the credentials of women leaders in our programs carry the credibility their work deserves,” said Shereen Bhan, Senior Director for Leadership Development and Learning at WomenLift Health.
Since 2019, WomenLift Health has engaged more than 4,400 women leaders across 20+ countries in Africa, South Asia, and North America. These leaders work across government, academia and service delivery.
WomenLift’s 650+ Global Fellows collectively hold authority over $1.4 billion in health resources and manage nearly 12,000 global health staff, making the return on investment in their leadership directly visible in the systems they shape.
To protect and elevate these experiences, WomenLift Health is introducing an unforgeable digital passport for its program participants. Powered by BCdiploma, this initiative equips leaders with 100% tamper-proof, instantly verifiable digital credentials. This technological shield removes geographical and administrative barriers, ensuring that no matter where these women drive institutional change, their professional legitimacy remains unquestionable and entirely in their hands.
The custom white-labeled solution ensures that as these leaders advance, their credentials remain permanently accessible and independently verifiable, without reliance on slow, third-party verification processes that often hinder career progression in cross-regional contexts.
Luc Jarry-Lacombe, CEO of BCdiploma, commented: “We are proud to partner with WomenLift Health and provide the trust infrastructure that supports these inspiring leaders. Technology achieves its highest purpose when it serves human empowerment. By making women leaders’ credentials instantly verifiable anywhere in the world, we are ensuring they spend less time proving themselves and more time leading.”
This partnership underscores a shared commitment to leveraging innovative technology for social impact, reinforcing the global health ecosystem by validating the very leaders poised to transform it.
About WomenLift Health: Established in 2019, WomenLift Health is a global leadership development organization working to strengthen health systems and improve health outcomes by expanding the power and influence of women leaders embedded in the institutions that shape health systems. Through continuous leadership development and a sustained global network, we equip women to influence policy, practice, and research across the health sector. By strengthening leadership across institutions, WomenLift Health helps ensure that health policies translate into effective implementation and improved health outcomes. WomenLift Health currently works in Africa, South Asia, and North America.
Media and press contact: Angel Katusya, Media Relations Manager, Cross-Regional, akatusya@womenlifthealth.org
About BCdiploma: BCdiploma is a global leader in digital credentialing, trusted by over 250 institutions in 25 countries. Their patented blockchain technology enables the issuance of 100% tamper-proof certificates, badges, and micro-credentials that are instantly verifiable and permanently accessible without third-party dependencies.
Media and press contact: Annie Chau, Head of Marketing, annie.chau@bcdiploma.com
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