Louisa Syrett is a global advocacy and partnerships leader with 20 years’ experience advancing gender equality, social justice and inclusive development through strategic alliances, policy advocacy and narrative change.

Louisa Syrett is a global advocacy and partnerships leader with 20 years’ experience advancing gender equality, social justice and inclusive development through strategic alliances, policy advocacy and narrative change. She is Head of Global Partnerships and Positioning at The Fred Hollows Foundation, where she leads high level advocacy on gender equity in eye health in partnership with UN Women, WHO and international funders.

Louisa played a leading role in The Fred Hollows Foundation’s partnership with UN Women and the joint policy brief No Woman Left Behind: Closing the Gender and Inclusion Gap in Eye Health, and now leads efforts to translate that global guidance into country level action. She has designed and delivered cross sector convenings—bringing together ministers of health and gender, regional civil society leaders and major funders, to work towards securing political commitments and integrate gender into national eye health strategies and financing.

Previously Louisa has held senior roles at the British Council and Save the Children UK. She co chairs the IAPB Gender Equity Work Group and co convenes The Alliance for Gender Equality and UHC.